Kentucky man who did not want employer to throw birthday party awarded $450K
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Kevin Berling said he suffered a panic attack after learning about the surprise luncheon.

Guy told his job he didn’t want a birthday party because of his anxiety. The company threw him one anyways. Guy had a panic attack. The company fired the worker for his “behavior”. Worker sued and now the company owes him 450K.

  • Wertheimer [any]
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    3 years ago

    NYT :

    Mr. Maley said that the company had the right to fire Mr. Berling — a lab technician whose employment status was at-will, meaning he could be fired for any legal reason — because he had clenched his fists, his face had turned red and he had ordered his supervisors to be quiet in the meeting, scaring them.

    “They were absolutely in fear of physical harm during that moment,” Julie Brazil, the founder and chief operating officer of Gravity Diagnostics, said on Saturday. “They both are still shaken about it today.”