Billesdon v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

  1. December 20, 2024

    Top North Carolina Cases Of 2024: Bias, Fraud And False Ads

    North Carolina saw a host of heavy-hitting civil trials in 2024, from back-to-back multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in suits over false advertising and employment discrimination, to a substantial bench ruling in a much-watched bias suit against the federal judiciary.

  2. August 27, 2024

    Wells Fargo Seeks To Scrap Ex-Worker's $22M ADA Verdict

    Wells Fargo urged a North Carolina federal court to upend a jury's $22.1 million verdict in favor of a former investment director who alleged he was laid off so the company wouldn't have to accommodate his paralyzed colon and bladder, arguing the evidence presented doesn't support jurors' conclusions.

  3. August 21, 2024

    Wells Fargo Hires Jones Day After $22M ADA Trial Loss In NC

    Wells Fargo has beefed up its legal representation with a powerhouse appellate litigator and an employer-side labor lawyer, both from Jones Day, following a jury's decision last month to enter more than $22 million in damages against it in a former director's disability discrimination case in North Carolina federal court.

  4. July 26, 2024

    Ex-Wells Fargo Director Wins $22M Verdict In ADA Trial

    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.

  5. July 24, 2024

    Ex-Wells Fargo Director Angles For $32M In ADA Trial

    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.

  6. July 23, 2024

    Nettled Exec Tells Jury Wells Fargo Doesn't Get His Disability

    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.

  7. July 22, 2024

    Wells Fargo Flouted Director's Dignity, Jury Told In ADA Trial

    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.

  8. April 17, 2024

    Wells Fargo Headed To Trial In Ex-Exec's COVID-Era ADA Suit

    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.

  9. April 10, 2024

    Wells Fargo Can't Bar Atty From Deposition, NC Judge Rules

    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.

  10. February 13, 2024

    Wells Fargo, Ex-Exec Continue Bids To Win Bias Suit

    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.