Wigdor LLP successfully represented Georgina Morgenstern, a former employee of Nassau County in her Due Process claim against the County and other individuals. After a two week jury trial in the Eastern District of New York, the jury returned a verdict on Ms. Morgenstern’s compensatory and punitive damages in the sum of $1.8 million. After the verdict, the Court awarded $427,000 in back-pay, $1,059,000 in attorneys’ fees and $64,500 in costs for a total of approximately $3.35 million.
Long Island Press
“Update: Nassau Must Pay Morgenstern $1.8 M”
August 13, 2009
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New York Newsday
“Ex-Nassau worker awarded $1.8M in wrongful-firing suit”
August 8, 2009
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Long Island Press
“The Whistleblower”
May 26, 2005
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