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Labor & Employment

Jul. 17, 2013

Dan Stormer

Hadsell Stormer Richardson & Renick LLP Pasadena Specialties: civil rights, constitutional law


A much-awaited decision by the state Supreme Court in February impacting how discrimination and retaliation claims by fired employees can be tried influenced Stormer in two of his own recent cases, he said.


In Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the court ruled that plaintiffs have to prove that the alleged discrimination was a substantial motivating factor for their terminations. But employers also may show that, absent the discrimination, other factors were ...

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