National Debt Relief LLC won a round in court when a judge ruled that a man who alleged he was driven to depression due to his workload and fired while on leave will have to take his claims before an arbitrator rather than a jury.
Marvin Kharrazi contends in his Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that he was one of the top producers at the debt consolidation company’s Culver City office, but was still pressured to produce more and that the impact caused him to take time off. He further maintains he was told when he was fired while on leave in 2022 that it was because of too many absences.
On Monday, Judge Bradley S. Phillips granted NDR’s motion to compel arbitration. The judge also put the lawsuit on hold pending the outcome…
