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Labor/Employment

Aug. 15, 2013

San Francisco Housing Authority fights wrongful termination suits

The first of three jury trials that will decide claims of wrongful termination against the San Francisco Housing Authority and its former director Henry Alvarez started Monday.

By Laura Hautala

Daily Journal Staff Writer


Lawyers gave opening statements Monday in a jury trial that will decide claims of wrongful termination against the San Francisco Housing Authority and its former director Henry Alvarez. The jury will determine whether Alvarez improperly fired the Housing Authority's workers compensation administrator for taking too much medical leave after an injury. Alvarez was let go in April in the wake of two additional wrongful terminat...

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