A former U.S. Postal Service employee in South Carolina can depose fact witnesses in-person in her sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, after a federal court rejected the renewed contention that the witnesses ought to be deposed virtually because of Covid-19. Mail carrier Kanzora Robinson sued in December 2018. She said Eastover, S.C., postmaster Kertina Epps […]
Postal regulations promote “viewpoint discrimination” by USPS, discriminating against religious speech by citizens at Christmas, throughout the year PLANO, Texas, Dec. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, First Liberty Institute, along with its network attorneys from the international law firm of Winston & Strawn, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit against the United States Postal Service […]
ST. LOUIS – A federal judge has allowed a St. Louis mail carrier who claims he was denied a position and a requested transfer due to his military disability to move forward with his suit while ordering process be issued on on U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan. According to the July 26 U.S. District Court […]
1/28/19 A suit in U.S. District Court over an accident in which a U.S. Postal Service vehicle killed a two-year-old, Chacon v. U.S. Postal Service, ended in a settlement for $4.9 million that was paid on Jan. 15. Ana Chacon crossed Rahway Avenue in Elizabeth in a crosswalk on July 20, 2015, when she was […]
MARIETTA, Ga. – A Marietta Army veteran says she was forced to go to court to get her job back when she returned from serving her country. Jessica Rice was a mail carrier with the United States Postal Service before she joined the military. Rice was in the Army for four and a half years, […]
Shipping Giant Repeatedly Failed to Provide Needed Accommodations to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Package Handlers and Applicants, Federal Agency Charges (October 10, 2014) BALTIMORE – Shipping giant FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., (FedEx Ground) violated federal law nationwide by discriminating against a large class of deaf and hard-of-hearing package handlers and job applicants for years, the […]
According to the New York Post, Two former UPS franchisees accuse the worldwide delivery service of telling employees to lie about the size and weight of packages in order to jack up prices on unsuspecting customers. Brothers Robert and Thomas Hagan, who owned and operated 11 UPS stores in Manhattan, claim in a federal […]