Results
Together and separately, the attorneys at Francis Goodman have achieved favorable results in employment and other matters of the following kinds:
- Settlement before suit of numerous age discrimination claims for sales will
representatives and other white collar employees involving increases in severance
originally offered - Settlement before and after suit of sexual harassment and other sex discrimination
claims, including cases involving female supervisors - Settlements before and after suit of disability, race, age, national origin and
religious discrimination claims, including reverse discrimination claims - Settlements before and after suit claims under Family and Medical Leave Act
(FMLA) - Verdicts and arbitration awards in national origin and sex discrimination and
employment tort suits and arbitrations - Settlements after suit of overtime claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA) for individuals and representative classes between 15 and 1500 - Settlements before and after suit of claims under Texas law for wrongful
termination for refusal to perform criminal act, under federal False Claims Act for
retaliation for complaints of fraud against federal government and federal
financial intermediaries and federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act for retaliation based upon
disclosure of material financial and financial control information of securities
issuers - Settlement before and after suit of whistleblower claims under Texas Health and
Safety Code and Texas Occupations Code on behalf of nurses who complained of
abuse or mistreatment of patients - Settlements before and after suit of appeals from denial of disability benefits
under group employee health plans - Settlements after suit of claims for discrimination and retaliation related to the
filing of a workers’ compensation claim and for bad faith administration of
workers’ compensation benefits - Settlement before and after suit of claims of breach of employment agreement
and failure to pay commissions - Settlements before and after suit of disputes involving non-competition provisions
- Verdicts and settlements after suit in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful
death medical negligence suits - Settlements in dental negligence suits
- Verdict in pharmaceutical negligence suit
- Verdict in arson-related bad faith insurance suit
- Settlement of electrical utility wrongful death suit
- Settlements before and after suit of slip and fall personal injury claims
- Settlements before and after suit of motor vehicle accident claims of negligence
and gross negligence