Law.com - Top 10 Examples of Workplace Wackiness

The top 10 bizarre employment law situations

"A California superior court jury has awarded $6.5 million to a health care case worker who claimed he was denied a promotion because a panic disorder prevented him from meeting clients. George Alberigi was diagnosed in 1986 with panic disorder and agoraphobia. For most of his 14 years with the county's Human Services Department, he was allowed to interview clients by phone, but a promotion he applied for required meeting clients in person. He was denied the promotion and eventually went on permanent medical disability. His award included $1.5 million in lost wages and $5 million for pain and suffering."