Labor/Employment
Aug. 7, 2013
Suitable seating cases reassessed after minimal Kmart settlement
The less-than-profitable resolution of the Kmart case likely indicates the popular employment lawsuits don't have any oomph behind them, attorneys say. But pending appellate decisions could give the cases new life.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A curious object on the plaintiffs' side of the courtroom during California's first so-called "suitable seating" trial proved to be a quiet distraction. The set of wooden counters, meant to represent a Kmart Corp. cashier's workstation, sat near attorneys' desks like an unfinished high school shop project. The rough plywood mock-up never entered any arguments made during the tr...
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