| Man Who Says
Firing Was for IDing Danger at 26 Fed
Plaza Won $300,000 Now Judgment Motion
By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 15 – Clifford Casmento
sued Volmar Construction for
terminating his employment
after he complained of
critical safety violations in
their job at 25 Federal Plaza
in Manhattan, including
violations in electrical work
and asbestos.
It has come to
trial.
On June 2, U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lewis J. Liman was
presiding over the jury trial.
Inner City Press went and
covered it.
Casmento was on
the stand, being
cross-examined. Volmar's
lawyer grilled him about
having told OSHA, in 2019,
that he had never taken health
insurance from Volmar, while
he had. Casmento tried to
explain but was told, that's
for re-direct.
On June 6, on the
stand was the Volmar
Construction offical who could
have fired Casmento - but
didn't. He was shown an email
in which he said Casmento
should be fired, but then
repeated that he had not done
so.
The Jury
deliberated and issued a mixed
verdict including $300,000 in
punitive damages for failing
to accommodate the plaintiff's
disabilities.
On September 15,
the setting of the final
stage: "ORDER: The Court will
hear oral argument from
parties regarding the pending
motion for judgment on October
13, 2022 at 10:00AM. The
hearing will be held in-person
in Courtroom 15C at the 500
Pearl Street Courthouse.
(HEREBY ORDERED by Judge Lewis
J. Liman) (Text Only Order)
It is Casmento,
Jr. v. Volmar Construction,
Inc. et al., 20-cv-944
(Liman)
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