According to the September issue of Rocky Mountain Verdicts and Settlements:
- A Fair Labor Standards Act case brought by 15 illegal immigrants against two Chinese restaurants was recently settled for $140,000. Plaintiffs claimed they were entitled to overtime and minimum wages. Defendant claimed plaintiffs, as illegal aliens, had no rights under FLSA, and further claimed that defendant was entitled to an offset for housing the defendant provided to the plaintiffs. Plaintiff claimed the housing did not meet building and zoning ordinances, and therefore could not be used to offset. See Baca, et al v. Huang, (D. Utah 96 CV 125).
- A sex discrimination case brought by a female anesthesiologist against McKay-Dee Hospital was settled for a confidential amount. The doctor claimed the hospital's anesthesiology department conspired to withhold 'on-call' opportunities from her due to her gender. The hospital denied the allegations. See Pfeifer, M.D. v. IHC Hospitals, Inc., dba McKay-Dee Hospital, et al. (D Utah 1:98 CV 84).
- A sexual harassment case brought by a female microsystems analyst against Salt Lake County and some of its supervisors was settled for 'somewhere between $75,000 and $85,000.' Plaintiff alleged her supervisor and others made offensive sexual comments and suggestions, and touched her inappropriately. She told them to stop and complained to their superiors. Plaintiff claimed her supervisor then retaliated by becoming verbally abusive and microscopic in his review of plaintiff's performance, faulting her for things he ignored in others, giving her a negative performance evaluation and placing her on probation. See Sartain v. Salt Lake County, Ron Dahlgren, et al. (D. Utah 2:95 CV 131).