![]() has been praised for the great work he has done as an Advocate in helping protect our members rights. Cathleen Garcia, Local 721's director of human resources, announced Mitchell's promotion in an email that stated, " has extensive experience and knowledge in representation and. The union's general counsel, Rebecca Yee, and its chief of staff, Gilda Valdez, recommended Mitchell's promotion. In 2012 Local 721 promoted Mitchell to the position of interim coordinator in the advocacy department, and several months later he became the coordinator. The legal department was also responsible for scheduling arbitration hearings with Los Angeles County employers. If resolution remained elusive, the grievance was referred to arbitration and, if the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission (ERCOM) approves the arbitration, Local 721's legal department represented the member in the arbitration. If the Steward failed to facilitate a resolution, an Advocate (who was not a member of Local 721) assisted the member with the employee's grievance. If a Local 721 member experienced a problem in the workplace, another member of the union, called a Steward, would initially attempt to resolve the dispute. In 2000 Mitchell became an Advocate, a union employee who helps union members resolve disputes with their employers. Mitchell began working in 1997 for the predecessor to Local 721, a union that represents over 100,000 members including employees of Los Angeles County. Mitchell Becomes the De Facto Head of the Advocacy Department at Local 721 We also affirm a postjudgment order awarding Mitchell his expert witness fees. Therefore, we modify the judgment to reduce the punitive damages award to reflect Local 721's financial condition at the time of trial. We also conclude that substantial evidence supports the compensatory damages award, but that substantial evidence does not support the findings of fact underlying the punitive damages award. We conclude that the trial court's evidentiary rulings in the liability and damages phase of the trial were not erroneous and that Local 721 has failed to show prejudicial evidentiary error in the punitive damages phase. Local 721 also argues the punitive damages award is excessive under state and federal constitutional law. Local 721 argues that the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence and that substantial evidence does not support the jury's awards of noneconomic and punitive damages. SEIU Local 721 appeals from a judgment entered after a jury awarded Talbert Mitchell over $2 million in compensatory damages and $6.1 million in punitive damages for whistleblower retaliation, disability discrimination, medical leave discrimination, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTSĬalifornia Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). ![]()
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