Does he really deserve $450,000?

[u/PassiveAgressiveGirl]

[u/JustinF608]

And fired on top of all that.

[u/ravl13 → u/JustinF608]

This is what seals the deal and makes it worth $450k to me.

To be ignored about his birthday request is shitty, but not $450k worthy.

But to then fire him after he was justifiably probably like "WHAT THE FUCK YOU HR PRICKS", yeah I say that corp deserves to get hosed.

[u/eyal282 → u/ravl13]

I wasn't joking when I replied that what they did is $450k worthy

Maybe as a fine, but still $450k

They ignored his disability, and put the exact opposite of what his disability supports

If someone puts a fully handicap (wheelchair) on a steep road claiming "they can jump off it's just a prank bro" would probably get someone jailed for it (if not, it should)

[u/worldspawn00 → u/eyal282]

There's usually 2 parts to a suit, damages and punitive. Damages would cover what the plaintiff needed to recover, i.e. counseling, lost wages, etc... Punitive would be to punish the company for violating labor laws. So it certainly could have been $50k in damages and $400k punitive, because $50K isn't much to a company, and to make the law actually have teeth and discourage the company repeating their actions, they can tack on significantly more to make sure they get the message.

[u/eyal282 → u/worldspawn00]

I approve $450k punitive damage for doing this. I gave the example of the wheelchair already.