This trial was a collaborative effort between our firm and Payton Employment Law, PC, with the team at Payton Employment Law, PC (including Chantal Payton and Laurel Holmes) having performed extensive work litigating the case for over 2 years, and then trial counsel Bob Semnar and Laurel Holmes serving up the trial victory!!

On September 14, 2023, the Jury awarded a Verdict in favor of our client in the total amount of $189,000.00! A copy of the Verdict form can be viewed by clicking HERE.

Our Plaintiff is an 83-year-old woman, former crossing guard client, who had been a crossing guard for over 46 years, and 16 years with this Defendant in particular.

However, as alleged within the lawsuit and found true by the Jury, she was terminated based on her advancing age.

After years of service with this company, the Defendant implemented a new physical functionality test required our client to perform physical tasks unrelated to the performance of her job duties, and there was written evidence produced at trial that suggested the Defendant’s initial motivating factor for creating the test was to weed out aging employees.

After a 3-week trial, the Jury agreed with our allegations that the Defendant’s actions amounted to age discrimination and similar claims, and the Jury awarded to our client her full back pay from 2019, front pay of two more years, and $150,000 in emotional distress damages. Punitive damages were awarded at a year’s worth of pay. This amounted to a total Verdict for damages in the amount of $189,000.00!

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A copy of the Complaint can be viewed by clicking HERE.

In this case, it is alleged that NewRez, LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage initially agreed with the client that deferment protections were being implemented, but when the client relied on their representations and made only escrow payments each month as mandated by the CMVC, the companies proceeded to falsely accuse the client of being in default and past due for several thousands of dollars during the months of deferment, threatened foreclosure based on the months of deferment, and submitted egregiously false credit reporting that the client was in default of several thousands of dollars for several months.

This appears to be a truly despicable bait and switch type of conduct designed to deceive the client into going into default.

As we have blogged before, based on the fact that multiple lawsuits have been filed against NewRez, LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage alleging similar shameful and bad conduct, it seems clear that they are flagrantly and deliberately refusing to comply with mandatory state laws that are intended to protect deployed military members.

California Military and Veterans Code (CMVC) § 800 et seq. is very clear in that it mandates deferment protections for servicemembers and their spouses who are called to active duty.

To qualify for a deferment, Servicemembers are required to provide a written request along with a copy of their Orders to the company that is their creditor.

So long as the foundational requirements are met, if any company fails to comply with the Servicemember’s written request, then that company is subject to damages caused to the Servicemember and his/her family, including actual damages as well as any and all emotional distress that results.

The California Military and Veterans Code also provides for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation.

When a case like this comes before us, we are proud to take the necessary steps to further allow the Servicemember and his/her family to focus on their mission while we prosecute their civil case by seeking the actual and emotional damages caused by the company that failed to comply with the mandatory deferment protections.

PLEASE NOTE, however, that not every case is exactly the same, as all potential cases must be evaluated on their own based on their own facts and circumstances.  Success in one case does not necessarily guarantee success in another case of similar or like circumstances, so a confidential consultation is needed to discuss all facts and circumstances in order for us to provide a full analysis and legal opinion.

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This case involved allegations of Defendant CASILLAS committing sexual assault against our client while she was just 17 years old, and while she was working at her first job ever as a hostess at BEGOOD TEMECULA RESTAURANT & EXPERIENCE.

A copy of the Complaint from this case can be read by clicking HERE. The Complaint alleges that, while working as a Hostess at BEGOOD, Defendant CASILLAS was present in the Bar area engaging in a repeated pattern of sexual advances and sexual harassment of female staff, including touching multiple female staff inappropriately and trying to solicit engagement in a sexual three-way between him and his wife.

The Complaint further alleges that Defendant CASILLAS approached our client from behind, got her attention so that she would turn around, and when she did turn around he sexually assaulted her in a despicable manner.

These allegations against Defendant CASILLAS have now resulted in a Judgment being entered against him in the amount of $538,294.53.

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