Collier Law Firm, LLP: Santa Cruz jury finds insurance broker AP Keenan guilty of conspiring to discriminate against disabled worker, awards $34,508,000 in damages

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (PRWEB) May 31, 2022

Following a jury trial that concluded on May 24, 2022 in Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV00488, the Plaintiff alleged that he was wrongfully terminated from his employment with Defendant Santa Cruz City Schools (hereafter the "District").

A jury trial proceeded against the District's workers' compensation insurance administrator and Co-Defendant, AP Keenan. AP Keenan, formerly known as Keenan & Associates, is a division of Assured Partners, Inc., the eleventh largest insurance broker in the United States and a company with more than $1.6 billion in annual revenues according to its own website.[[1]]

Plaintiff alleged that AP Keenan repeatedly misrepresented his work restrictions to the District, and also that AP Keenan altered certain medical reports before providing them to the District.

On May 23, 2022, the jury returned a liability verdict, finding that AP Keenan had conspired with the District to violate California's Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"). The jury also found that AP Keenan aided, abetted, incited, coerced, or compelled the District to violate the FEHA, and/or attempted to do so. The jury awarded $6,908,000 in compensatory damages.

Because the jury also found that AP Keenan acted with "malice, oppression, or fraud," a punitive damages phase of trial commenced the very next day. On May 24, 2022, the jury returned a punitive damages verdict in the amount of $27,600,000, bringing the total damages awarded against AP Keenan to $34,508,000.

For further information, please contact any of the following attorneys representing the Plaintiff:

COLLIER LAW FIRM, LLP
Dustin L. Collier (State Bar No. 264766)

dcollier@collierlawsf.com
V. Joshua Socks (State Bar No. 303443)

jsocks@collierlawsf.com
Elizabeth R. Malay (State Bar No. 336745)

emalay@collierlawsf.com

240 Tamal Vista Blvd. Suite 100

Corte Madera, CA 94925

Telephone: (415) 767-0047

Facsimile: (415) 767-0037

http://www.collierlawsf.com

THE LAW OFFICE OF BRIAN MATHIAS Brian C. Mathias (State Bar No. 282494)

brian@brianmathiaslaw.com

P.O. Box 2874

Aptos, CA 95001

Telephone: (831) 588-1035

LAW OFFICES OF DREW F. TETI Drew F. Teti (State Bar No. 267641)

drew@tetilaw.com

203 Flamingo Road, #304

Mill Valley, CA 94941

(415) 813-1177

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