The Cake that Ended a Career By Robyn McKibbin, Esq. A 56-year-old nurse and 28-year employee was terminated after she gave a co-worker a birthday cake. Unbeknownst to the nurse, the co-worker did not celebrate birthdays due to her religious practices. Despite above–average performance reviews, the nurse was terminated for insensitivity and “unprofessional, unacceptable behavior.” The nurse …
Robyn M. McKibbin’s article, “The Resurrection of the Mixed-Motive Defense,” is featured in the April 2013 issue of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association‘s Valley Lawyer Magazine. Congratulations, Robyn!
In the world of automation, where commissions are cut to the bone, where insurance applications are electronically submitted and quotes are instantly given, it is easy to put everything on autopilot. The ease in which policies can be placed makes it easy to move quickly. But it also makes it easy to overlook attention to …
Pathologist Michael Weilert and his wife Genevieve owned a horse ranch in Parlier, California, a quaint town in the central San Joaquin Valley. In 1991 Genevieve changed her last name from Sanders to de Montremare. She told her friends she was a “genetic expert” on Friesian horses and claimed her French royal family had been …
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