Labor/Employment
Sep. 10, 2013
Discrimination precedent prompts retrial
A state appellate court has ordered a retrial in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit after applying a precedent that says a jury can only find an employer liable if discrimination was a "substantial motivating factor" in a worker's firing.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A state appellate court has ordered a retrial in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit after applying a recent landmark ruling that states a jury can only find an employer liable if discrimination was a "substantial motivating factor" in a worker's firing.
The order is the first published decision to apply the state Supreme Court's February ruling in Harris v. City of Santa Monica<...
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