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Appellate Practice

Oct. 23, 1999

Award For Attention Deficit Dismissal Is Upheld

An appellate court has upheld a $900,000 jury award to a former Los Angeles County doctor who was found to have been wrongfully fired because he has attention deficit disorder.

By Lauren Bartlett
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        An appellate court has upheld a $900,000 jury award to a former Los Angeles County doctor who was found to have been wrongfully fired because he has attention deficit disorder.
        In affirming the lower court in Stanley Swenson Jr.'s lawsuit, the 2nd ...

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