At the party, held during lunch on August 7, Berling had a panic attack and fled the scene to his car, according to the lawsuit. The officer manager at Gravity Diagnostics, a medical lab, said he forgot that Berling said he didn't want to celebrate his birthday. But they threw him a surprise party anyway, the lawsuit says. In August 2019, he told his bosses at Gravity Diagnostics in Covington, Kentucky, that he did not want to celebrate his birthday. Kevin Berling has an anxiety disorder that gives him panic attacks, according to Kenton County court filings obtained by WKRC-TV. The company threw him a party anyway, which triggered a panic attack in Berling.Ī man won $450,000 in court after suing his former company for allegedly firing him for being 'angry' that his office threw him a surprise birthday party against his will.
Kevin Berling told his coworkers he didn't want a birthday party because he has an anxiety disorder. A Kentucky man won $450,000 in a lawsuit against his former company that fired him after he left his own birthday party in 2019.
