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On December 27, 2017, Fiedler Law Firm, PLC filed a lawsuit against Wellman’s Pub and Rooftop, the bar’s General Manager, and two of the bar’s managers, on behalf of clients Kennedy and Sydney Feuerhelm and their mother, Mary Feuerhelm. The lawsuit alleges that a Wellman’s cook sexually harassed Kennedy and Sydney, who were both just 16 years old at the…
This week the New York Times published an article regarding the (in)effectiveness of going to H.R. to report sexual harassment. The article focuses on a woman, Emery Lindsley, who works in the hospitality industry and went to Human Resources (H.R.) at her former employer with a complaint of harassment. The H.R. person ignored Ms. Lindsley’s complaint. How did Ms. Lindsley…
A POWESHIEK COUNTY JURY FOUND THAT GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (GRMC) AND TWO OF ITS ADMINISTRATORS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FIEDLER & TIMMER CLIENT GREGG HAWKINS, A 38-YEAR EMPLOYEE, BASED ON HIS AGE AND DISABILITY (CANCER) AND RETALIATED AGAINST HIM WHEN HE OPPOSED THE DISCRIMINATION. THE JURY’S VERDICT SURPASSES $4.5 MILLION. F&T lawyers Brooke Timmer, and Nate Borland represented Gregg during the…
NIKKI MOODY HAS SETTLED HER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF IOWA AND IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOR $60,000. DES MOINES, IA – Former Iowa State University basketball standout Nikki Moody and her attorneys, Brooke Timmer and Katie Ervin Carlson of the law firm Fiedler & Timmer, released statements today after reaching a settlement in a discrimination lawsuit brought against Iowa State…
F&T LAWYERS PREVAIL IN APPEAL BY STATE OF IOWA AND IOWA DNR. COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS NEARLY $1M JUDGMENT FOR F&T CLIENT IN DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION CASE. In August 2015, F&T attorneys Brooke Timmer and Whitney Judkins went to trial in a disability discrimination case against the State of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. We wrote about the…
Congratulations to our client Sandy Braaksma! On Monday, February 15, 2016, Polk County District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger entered judgment against Hy-Vee, Inc. for discriminating against Sandy because she’s blind. In 2014, Sandy applied for a job as a dishwasher at Hy-Vee’s Market Grille in Chariton, Iowa. Even though she had 3 ½ years’ experience working in restaurants, Hy-Vee…
The University of Iowa settled our client’s sex discrimination case for $200,000 after we found a “smoking gun” in documents produced by the state during discovery. Read the Associated Press article by clicking here.
This morning, Polk County District Court Judge Robert Hanson ordered the Forestry Bureau of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to “cease and desist from discriminating on the basis of disability.” The order follows a jury verdict that found that the DNR discriminated against John Vetter, a 36-year employee, on the basis of his disability when the agency fired him…
KCCI visited the office today to discuss the recent case of a gay teacher being denied employment by Dowling Catholic High School. The story and video are available here, with the legal discussion beginning at 2:55 in the video. https://www.kcci.com/article/all-sides-express-views-over-school-s-refusal-to-hire-gay-teacher/6905488
In late 2014, a Chickasaw County jury found in favor of one of our firm’s many brave clients, Tina Haskenhoff, on her sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims against Homeland Energy Solutions. This morning, the Iowa District Court for Chickasaw County upheld the jury’s verdict and ordered Homeland to pay an additional $240,000 in front pay for Tina, and $846,364.30…