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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID F. JADWIN, D.O., 

Plaintiff,

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COUNTY OF KERN,

Defendant.

 

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1:07-cv-0026 OWW DLB

FINAL JUDGMENT

The trial of this case came on for hearing May 14, 2009. 

The jury returned its verdict, as reflected by the verdicts

entered June 8, 2009, incorporated by this reference, in favor of

Plaintiff, David F. Jadwin, D.O., and against Kern County on

Plaintiff’s claims under the FMLA, the CFRA, and the FEHA. The

jury awarded damages as follows:

Mental and emotional distress 

and suffering $0.00

Reasonable value of necessary 

medical care, treatment, and 

services received to the present 

time $30,192.00

Reasonable value of necessary 

medical care, treatment and 

services which with reasonable

probability will be required in 

the future $0.00

Reasonable value of earnings and

professional fees lost to the 

present time $321,285.00

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Reasonable value of earnings and

professional fees which with 

reasonable probability will be 

lost in the future $154,080.00

TOTAL DAMAGES $505,457.00

By stipulation, certain of Plaintiff’s claims were not

submitted to the jury for determination. Instead, as to these

claims, the parties agreed that they would be tried by the court

sitting without a jury. The claims to be decided by the court

sitting without a jury included Plaintiff’s claims for

interference with his rights under the FMLA/CFRA (as to which

Plaintiff sought injunctive relief) and a deprivation of his

procedural due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment

(made actionable via 42 U.S.C. § 1983). On August 4, 2009,

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law were issued on these

claims.

As to the FMLA/CFRA claim, it was determined that Plaintiff

lacked standing to assert his claim or, assuming standing existed

at the time of the operative pleading, the claim had become moot. 

As to the procedural due process claim, it was determined that

Plaintiff’s due process rights were violated. Plaintiff was

awarded nominal damages.

Accordingly, FINAL JUDGMENT is entered in favor of Plaintiff

and against Kern County in the amount of $505,457, plus $1 in

nominal damages on Plaintiff’s due process claim, and any costs

as permitted by law. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 30, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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