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Litigation

Apr. 13, 2016

Final pitches made in medical leave trial against AT&T

Plaintiff alleges telecommunications company targeted employees who frequently took medical leave

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

AT&T Communications of California Inc. has had a practice of targeting for removal employees who frequently took time off under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, a plaintiff's lawyer told a San Diego Superior Court jury Monday.

It was that management approach that led to the 2012 firing of plaintiff Angela Hernandez, a former AT&T customer service representative in ...

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