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Litigation

Jul. 5, 2017

LA Times pushes back against Shegerian lawsuits

When erstwhile sports pundit T.J. Simers won a $7.1 million jury verdict against his former employer, the Los Angeles Times, it set off alarm bells in print journalism. But the Times has beaten back a litigation onslaught from Simers’ lawyer, Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates Inc.

LA Times pushes back against Shegerian lawsuits
SHEGERIAN

When sports pundit T.J. Simers won a $7.1 million jury verdict against his former employer, the Los Angeles Times, it set off alarm bells in print journalism. But the Times has beaten back a litigation onslaught from Simers’ lawyer, Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates Inc.

Before Simers’ downtown Los Angeles jury win in late 2015, wrongful termination and age discrimination lawsuits in media were mostly relegated to br...

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