Postal News Tidbits July 28, 2006
Postal worker forced to disrobe settles lawsuit
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/15146560.htm
A postal worker who was forced by an angry co-worker to disrobe and walk around an Akron mail office settled her lawsuit today against the man.
Karen Smith’s lawsuit was being heard in Summit County Common Pleas Court by visiting Judge Peggy Foley Jones and a jury. She was seeking more than $100,000 in damages.
Smith was suing former postal worker Lonnie Wilson, who was five days from retiring as a revenue assurance analyst when he assaulted her.
Wilson was upset that his wife, also a postal employee, was bypassed by Smith for promotions. On Jan. 27, 2003, he berated Smith in an office and then threatened to harm her if she did not disrobe.
Wilson pleaded guilty to sexual battery and served eight months in prison before being released.
USPS Board of Governors Chairman Miller Joins Law Firm
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP said Thursday that James Miller, former director of the Office of Management and Budget and former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, joined the firm’s Washington office as a part-time senior adviser. A nationally recognized economist, Miller will focus primarily on commercial issues, including litigation, the firm said in a release.
Miller is chairman of the board of governors of the U.S. Postal Service and serves on the boards of Washington Mutual Investors Fund, the Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland, the Tax-Exempt Fund of Virginia, the J.P. Morgan Value Opportunities Fund, Independence Air and Clean Energy, the release said.
Blackwell Sanders and Polsinelli rank fourth and fifth, respectively, on the Kansas City Business Journal’s list of top area law firms
http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2006/07/24/daily39.html?surround=lfn
Letter Carriers at a California Postal Facility are fed up with staff shortages and overtime. Read more on story this weekend.
November 24th, 2007 at 11:45 am
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Postal News Tidbits July 26, 2006
Postal Worker Awarded $70,000 in Compensatory Damages – The postal worker alleged that she was discriminated against on the basis of disability when the agency sent her home and gave her leave without pay on several occasions due to lack of work within her restrictions. The EEOC Administrative Judge found discrimination and awarded the employee $70,000 in non-pecuniary, compensatory damages. The EEOC affirmed the Administrative Judge’s decision, finding substantial evidence that there were vacant full-time positions to which employee could have be reassigned to provide accommodation to her medical restrictions which would not create undue hardship to the agency. The EEOC also concluded that the award of $70,000 was appropriate for the emotional harm caused by the agency’s discriminatory conduct. Miller v. Potter
At present I am going through the same situation and I believe that this case could help me in the process. At least let me know where is the rest of the story or the case. Thanking you in advance.