August 21, 2026
The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that a $22 million jury verdict in favor of a former Wells Fargo employee who said he was terminated for seeking remote work was almost $2.9 million too high, telling the ex-worker to choose between a reduced award or a new trial.
May 05, 2026
A Fourth Circuit panel seemed uncertain Tuesday of whether it would uphold the entirety of a $22 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict favoring a former Wells Fargo employee, with at least two judges questioning whether he suffered a concrete injury from the bank allegedly failing to accommodate his work-from-home request.
February 19, 2026
Wells Fargo is doubling down on its efforts to unravel a $22 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict in favor of a former employee, telling the Fourth Circuit the former bank director was never denied a chance to work from home and therefore cannot claim the bank failed to accommodate him, among other things.
January 27, 2026
A former Wells Fargo director has asked the Fourth Circuit not to scrap his $22.1 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict, arguing the bank failed to address one of his state law claims on appeal and can't rewrite how the jury weighed conflicting evidence and testimony.