FEHA Administrative Proceedings
Is your attorney prepared to deal with a wide variety of claims in different venues? Hardiman & Carroll has experience handling vastly different claims in court as well as other legal arenas.
Lauren O’Brien represented a carrier client at a Department of Fair Employment and Housing administrative proceeding wherein an employee was making a claim of sexual harassment at her job with the client’s named insured. The purpose of the administrative proceeding was to determine the claimant’s right to sue her employer for sexual harassment. The parties attended two days of mediation. Based on various coverage issues presented, and the potential for a claim of negligent supervision, the carrier requested that Lauren attend the mediation sessions in an effort to investigate the claim and determine if resolution were possible prior to the filing of a formal suit and the expense of defending a sexual harassment action.
By the end of the mediation, Lauren had negotiated a resolution of the plaintiff’s claims, as well as a policy release from the insured on behalf of the carrier client. Lauren negotiated a contribution to the settlement by the insured in excess of 65% of the total.