Employment Law Case Results

DISCLAIMER: This page contains information about past case results of Kathleen M. Sweeney. The information has not been reviewed or approved by the Indiana Bar. Please be aware that the facts and circumstances of your case may differ from those of the cases from which these results have been drawn. All cases handled by Kathleen M. Sweeney are not included in these results. The results herein are not necessarily representative of all clients' results. Each case is different, and every case must be evaluated and handled on its own merits.

Employment:
(due to the confidential nature of most settlements only generalities can be described)

• Negotiated six figure severance package from fortune 500 company based on sexual harassment of a company executive.
• Negotiated covenant not to compete for publishing industry executive
• Negotiated whistleblower settlement based upon health care fraud allegations.
• Won jury trial in age discrimination case
• Dismissal of class action civil lawsuit filed against client seeking recovery of missing funds in the amount of $25 million

Appeals:
Perjury Conviction: Reversed. Marlowe v. State

Incarcerated Confidential Informant deemed unreliable: Coleman v. State, 847 N.E.2d 259

New Sentencing Hearings:
Jury Instruction: Overturned. the Indiana Supreme Court overruled prior cases that had long allowed instructing the jury about victim's testimony and held that the giving of such an instruction was error. Ludy v. State, 784 N.E.2d 459.

Prosecutions Found to be Unconstitutional:
Mueller v. State, 837 N.E.2d 198 (Prosecutor's diversion program found to be discriminatory)

Smylie v. State, 823 N.E.2d 679, Ms. Sweeney was a part of a team of Amicus Curiae counsel in which the Indiana Supreme Court found the sentencing statutes to be unconstitutional which resulted in the re-writing of the statutes.

Currently pending with the Indiana Court of Appeals is a challenge to the prosecutor's charging of Performance Harmful To A Minor.

[There is no guarantee the above results can be obtained in other litigation]