Aug. 11, 2026
The safety valves are failing as ordinary cases produce extraordinary verdicts
Two verdicts, one summer: What Byrne v. Ameris Bank and Glick v. City of Los Angeles should teach every employment lawyer, mediator and GC.
Leonid M. Zilberman
Partner
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
Phone: (619) 236-9600
Email: lzilberman@wilsonturnerkosmo.com
Lonny practices employment law, diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as mediation and alternative dispute resolution and provides anti-harassment and other employment-related training to California Employers.
Every few years a verdict or appellate opinion comes along that detonates the legal assumptions we all keep in our back pockets like expired coupons. This summer, two of them arrived within three days of each other on opposite ends of the litigation lifecycle and merit both a postmortem and deeper dive because the lessons learned can inform lawyers on both sides of the "v" to obtain better outcomes.
On July 27, 2026, a Los Angeles federal jury's u...
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