A Kentucky man secured $450k after his employer threw him an unwanted surprise birthday party
Berling was called in for a meeting the following day, where his superiors "criticized" him for how he had handled the party, resulting in another panic attack.
"At this point he starts employing other coping techniques that he’s worked on for years with his therapist," Berling's attorney, Tony Bucher. "The way he described it is he started hugging himself and asked them to please stop." Berling was then sent home for the remainder of the week and received a letter the following Monday informing him that he had been fired. Berling sued the company for disability discrimination and retaliation, according to CNBC.
Gravity Diagnostics argued Berling had represented a threat to his coworkers during the incident, however. Founder and COO Julie Brazil said other employees had to calm down Berling and escort him from the building after the party. "My employees deescalated the situation to get the plaintiff out of the building as quickly as possible while removing his access to the building, alerting me and sending out security reminders to ensure he could not access the building, which is exactly what they were supposed to do,"
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