Patti; Even though I support what your doing, don't go spending that money till its in the bank. Lawyers who work off percentage have a way of leaving you with virtually nothing by the time its over. Also, my suspicion is that he will go for a settlement. Wrongful termination is hard to prove in a right-to-work state unless you have a specific evidence that says you were terminated for not breaking the law (like a piece of paper that says: " you are being terminated for not breaking the law"). Keep in mind that he doesn't have to give a reason for termination and would be stupid to do so (he also can't give any reason to any of your future prospective employers). Your assertion that his trucks are junk probably won't wash either since you just passed a random inspection a couple months ago.
On the plus side at least you will make him mad and waste allot of his time and money with attorney fees. On the flip side: he might be able to come after you for frivolous law suite.
she will not get any where's as big a settlement as she thinks she will..most lawyers/firms take one third of the award/settlement. then she isn't working at least not as one of her last posts. what she did was not think it all through. she got fired from her job, BY HER OWN ADMISSION, for telling customers NOT to load up her trailer due to it being a wreck of a trailer. her boss left her NO option but to fire her arse, which is something i too would have done.
now about what "Jason" can or cannot say about her..true, labor laws "prohibit" anything more than the dates/times a person worked for an employer...however, this does not stop someone from "speaking candidly, off the record", and do you or anyone else wanna be that will NOT happen..???
she, (Patty) will HAVE TO PROVE, that disparaging remarks are made about her.
Jason doesn't need a pile of money to fight anything. when the unemployment office calls and asks jason why he fired her, he can tell them, and he can deny the claim, by fighting it all the way, with the help of the state, not any lawyer.
now, how do i know this..?? simple, a trucking company i was going to work for, the owner himself told me he has (still) a problem driver trying to collect unemployment. either he (the owner) or his wife (a co-owner) show up every stinking time they get called into the state unemployment office to fight the claim..end result..?? his former driver, has been out of work, because he was fired, and he still hadn't collected one red cent of unemployment.. now all this was going on as of last November when i had applied for the job with his company.
she (Patty) caused her own demise, now she is looking for a company that will take pets, and she cannot find one. she once said she was being lazy and NOT looking for work as it was near Christmas time.?? i told her, BS, get out there and look now, as each and every day, let alone a week, that goes by, makes it harder to find a job especially when one is fired, as she was. again, i reiterate, she TOLD customers NOT to load the trailer, this COST Jason time and money and ill bet you customers as well.
what would ANY employer do when faced with such an employee..??? kiss them on the butt and say everything is going to be ok, or fire them..??
i go with firing ON THE SPOT.....