This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment

Feb. 15, 2018

Doctor’s suit against UCLA closes with $15.9M damages demand

The attorney for a former UCLA research doctor who said a male colleague made her job so unbearable she transferred to UC Irvine.

Doctor’s suit against UCLA closes with $15.9M damages demand
SHEGERIAN

LOS ANGELES -- The attorney for a former UCLA research doctor who said a male colleague made her job so unbearable she transferred to UC Irvine asked the jury of predominantly women for $15.9 million in damages during closing arguments on Wednesday.

The defense argued that the doctor planned her transfer for a year and was using the recent widespread awareness of harassment of women as a weapon when she was not actually under dures...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$895, but save $100 when you subscribe today… Just $795 for the first year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up