(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this workplace harassment/sex discrimination case and its proceedings.) Plaintiff is harassed by the other people as well. That same day, Plaintiff is called into the manager’s office seven times by…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this sexual harassment case and its proceedings.) PLAINTIFF’S SEVENTH CAUSE OF ACTION FOR INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IS NOT BARRED In some exceptional circumstances a separate civil action may…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this medical malpractice case and its proceedings.) The following blog entry is written from a defendant’s position as trial approaches. Reviewing this kind of briefing should help potential plaintiffs and…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this workplace harassment/sex discrimination case and its proceedings.) DUE TO THE HARASSMENT PLAINTIFF NEARLY LOSES HER BABY AND IS THEN PLACED ON A MONTH-LONG MEDICAL LEAVE Because of the harassment,…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this workplace/sex discrimination case and its proceedings.) B. Failure to Accommodate / Failure to Engage in the Interactive Process Tellingly, the defendant’s moving papers are completely devoid of any argument…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this automobile accident/insurance coverage case and its proceedings.) DEFENDANT’S SEPARATE STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS AND DEFENDANT’S SUPPORTING EVIDENCE ARE IMPROPER AND OBJECTIONABLE ON NUMEROUS GROUNDS AND SHOULD BE STRICKEN. As…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this workplace harassment/sex discrimination case and its proceedings.) PLAINTIFF FINDS OUT SHE IS PREGNANT AND DISCLOSES HER PREGNANCY TO HER SUPERIORS AND MANAGEMENT AND THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE NEGATIVE REACTION…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this birth injury case and its proceedings.) In its next First Amendment pronouncement, in Keenan v. Superior Court (2002) 27 Cal 4th 413, 117 Cal.Rptr. 2d 1, our Supreme Court…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this automobile accident/insurance coverage case and its proceedings.) THE COURT OF APPEAL’S PUBLISHED DECISION ON PLAINTIFFS’ APPEAL FROM THE FIRST GRANT OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS CASE AND ITS DETERMINATION…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this workplace harassment/sex discrimination case and its proceedings.) THERE WERE NO PLANS TO FIRE PLAINTIFF PRIOR TO HER DISCLOSING HER PREGNANCY For Plaintiff’s entire employment, up to the time she…