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Labor/Employment

Jun. 1, 2016

2nd District Court of Appeal upholds $16 million age bias verdict against Staples

A Los Angeles jury did not err in their $16.2 million award to a former Staples Contractor & Commercial Inc. employee who sued for age discrimination, according to a Thursday appellate panel ruling.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles jury did not err in their $16.2 million award to a former Staples Contractor & Commercial Inc. employee who sued for age discrimination, according to a Thursday appellate panel ruling.

Staples' appeal argued that plaintiff Bobby Dean Nickel failed to show age was a motivating factor in his termination. But the unanimous, unpublished decision written by Supe...

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