July 26, 2024
A North Carolina federal jury Friday determined Wells Fargo must pay a former managing director $22.1 million after he accused the bank of failing to reasonably accommodate him for a paralyzed colon and bladder, and subsequently laid him off to avoid dealing with his disability, according to his attorney.
July 24, 2024
A former Wells Fargo managing director is seeking more than $32 million in economic damages after he said the bank laid him off to avoid dealing with his accommodation request, a North Carolina federal jury heard Wednesday on the third day of his Americans with Disabilities Act trial.
July 23, 2024
A former Wells Fargo managing director who claims he was terminated because of his disability wavered between being tearful and exasperated during four hours on the stand Tuesday as he tried to explain to a jury in Charlotte what workplace accommodations he was seeking and why.
July 22, 2024
Wells Fargo chose to lay off a longtime managing director to avoid dealing with his request to continue working from home to cope with his bladder and colon condition as the bank readied for a return to office after the pandemic, a federal jury in Charlotte heard Monday.
April 17, 2024
Wells Fargo is headed to trial over a former investment director's Americans with Disabilities Act claim in a suit alleging he lost his job following an accommodation request after his employer prepared to mandate a return to office, with a North Carolina federal judge also trimming the former employee's age discrimination suit.
April 10, 2024
Wells Fargo lost its bid to stop the lawyer of a fired investment director, who is accusing the bank of disability discrimination, from questioning his former supervisor, with a North Carolina federal judge saying the bank fell short of showing that the attorney's previous representation of the supervisor was related in any way to the current action.
February 13, 2024
A Wells Fargo unit and one of its former investment directors are pushing their competing bids for summary judgment in a disability bias suit, each claiming there is evidence to support their arguments regarding why the director's termination occurred.
February 05, 2024
A former Wells Fargo investment director has urged a North Carolina judge not to grant the bank's bid for summary judgment in his disability bias suit, saying there is a significant paper trail indicating he was fired for more nefarious reasons than merely a reduction in force.
January 22, 2024
A Wells Fargo unit and its former employee, who claims he was terminated for requesting accommodations for his disability, have separately asked a North Carolina federal court to grant them wins in the suit, both arguing the indisputable material facts of the case favor their desired outcomes.
January 12, 2024
A member of Wells Fargo's senior management has escaped being deposed in a North Carolina wrongful-termination suit following back-and-forth about what role, if any, he played in the events at issue in a former director's disability- and age-discrimination claims.