Employment Law Facts

When Rosario Juarez told her AutoZone district manager she was pregnant, he replied "Congratulations... I guess" - then added "I feel sorry for you." She was demoted, then fired. The jury felt differently: $185 million in punitive damages.

After 31 years at Liberty Mutual, senior case manager Joy Slagel was fired the day she returned from medical leave - over a paperwork mix-up on a Disney social media investigation. A Los Angeles jury awarded her $103 million in December 2025, the largest age discrimination verdict in US history. The jury found Liberty Mutual had acted with "malice or oppression."