MrFedEx
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Have u ever hired an attorney out of pocket? Not one that's covered by ur insurance company or a contingency lawyer, have u ever actually paid 200-500/hr for an attorney's services?
I've hired a dozen or so attorneys, white, jewish, muslim, asian, etc all out of pocket mostly real estate, business, and employment disputes, and from what I've read skimming thru, I don't think you have a clue as to how they think and operate personally. You probably picked up on what ppl have said on various websites blogs etc.
Those lawsuits ur talking about, with huge sums of numbers, are called class action lawsuits. For ex, fedex paid out 3mil in a discrimination lawsuit for 21,000 or so ppl because of some bias when interviewing. Okay 3mil big # right? First lawyer will take 40% off the top, so 1.8m left. 1.8m/21k ppl = $86/person.
There was a bigger case later on fedex settling with drivers from 20 states but u get my drift. That is not the case here with op. No individual, non-contracted employee, fired for cause, however trivial that cause may have been, will receive anything worthy of a labor lawyer's attention. And if ur in an at-will state, I can fire u for any reason that's not a protected class such as race, sex, handicap, etc, I can fire u cuz ur fat or u smell like cheap aftershave, in an at-will state like FL, there is nothing u can do.
Also, employees you mentioned had 6 figure settlements for what exactly? Unless you know them personally, most individual settlements come with a confidentiality clause by the "settler." So how do you know they had 6 figure settlements?
I do know what I'm talking about, and there is plenty you can do even if your employment is "at-will". FedEx cannot terminate you without valid cause, a concept you and Dano don't seem to understand.
The 6-figure statements are as stated by the affected employees. When a courier goes out a buys a new home and a new Porsche in the same week, it tends to verify their claims.
I'm not talking about class action suits like Ground either.
If FedEx fires you because you got injured or without a valid reason you quite possibly have a case.
Wise up.