Scott Jones v. South Jersey Gas

Scott Jones, age 55, sued his former employer, South Jersey Gas, on a wrongful termination theory claiming that Defendant failed to make accommodation for his depression before firing him from his job in 2006 as a senior sales manager handing major accounts.



The suit was brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJ LAD). The plaintiff age 50, alleged that his employer fired him from a job that he had held for 20 years because of a medical disability (depression).





Defendant denied wrongdoing and claimed that Jones did not make any sales during the four months before his termination, had never been a top performer and been helped along by management and others at the company during the years leading up to his termination.

Plaintiff's verdict for $1.8 million including $1.1 million for emotional damages and $720,544 in economic damages.

Editor's Note: This was reported to be the largest verdict of its kind in the history of Atlantic County, New Jersey. Plaintiff is also entitled to attorney fees.