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What is the name of your state? california
my sis is being sued in civil court for $1M by former employer. they are requesting a jury trial. they are alleging fraud saying she stole 3M lbs of oil (equiv to 9 rail tanker cars of food oil) and that she personally profited.
her job was to track shipments and inventory in huge on-site tanks. the tank gauges were grossly miscalibrated (for ex. an empty tank would read 250K lbs). she told her supervisor about the problem and he didn't care and didn't do anything to fix the gauges. instead, she made adjustments to the month-end numbers to compensate for the miscalibrated gauges. there was never any loss to the company.
she quit her job in disgust after a few years. in addition, her supervisor had become increasingly verbally abusive. when she went to HR with her complaint, they did nothing.
after she left, the auditors called her about the inventory discrepancies. she explained the problem with the gauges. months go by and then last night she gets sued for $1M.
she needs an attorney in southern california. but what type of attorney handles this? can she sue the company for harrassment and to recover her legal fees? how much is this going to cost her to defend herself?
my sis is being sued in civil court for $1M by former employer. they are requesting a jury trial. they are alleging fraud saying she stole 3M lbs of oil (equiv to 9 rail tanker cars of food oil) and that she personally profited.
her job was to track shipments and inventory in huge on-site tanks. the tank gauges were grossly miscalibrated (for ex. an empty tank would read 250K lbs). she told her supervisor about the problem and he didn't care and didn't do anything to fix the gauges. instead, she made adjustments to the month-end numbers to compensate for the miscalibrated gauges. there was never any loss to the company.
she quit her job in disgust after a few years. in addition, her supervisor had become increasingly verbally abusive. when she went to HR with her complaint, they did nothing.
after she left, the auditors called her about the inventory discrepancies. she explained the problem with the gauges. months go by and then last night she gets sued for $1M.
she needs an attorney in southern california. but what type of attorney handles this? can she sue the company for harrassment and to recover her legal fees? how much is this going to cost her to defend herself?