A $4.5 million damages award to a sheriff’s deputy for whistle-blower retaliation was reduced by $2 million because he was not entitled to front or back pay damages due to an injury that rendered him unable to perform his job duties both before termination and in the future, a California appeals court held Aug. 5 (Hager v. County of Los Angeles, 2014 BL 216805).
Former Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Darren Hager sued the county and the Sheriff’s Department in 2008, alleging retaliatory discharge under Section 1102.5 of the California Labor Code. After a jury decided in Hager’s ...
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