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Quesada v. County of Los Angeles
Trial court did not err in not applying *McDonnell Douglas* burden shifting test when plaintiff's case did not involve racial discrimination. 		Employment Discrimination 2DCA/8 Nov. 21, 2024
Wawrzenski v. United Airlines
Trial court erred in granting summary judgment on female employee's gender discrimination claim when it rejected comparator evidence of male usage of social media accounts. 		Employment Discrimination 2DCA/7 Nov. 14, 2024
Miller v. California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Defendant employer's potential liability under other Fair Employment and Housing Act provisions was not a material dispute of fact allowing disability discrimination claim to survive summary adjudication. 		Employment Discrimination 4DCA/2 Sep. 25, 2024
Bailey v. San Francisco Dist. Attorney's Office
City could be liable where a human resource manager obstructed and threatened a reporting employee if she persisted in bringing a complaint. 		Employment Discrimination CASC Jul. 30, 2024
Okonowsky v. Garland
A colleague's social media page could reasonably create an objective hostile work environment under Title VII. 		Employment Discrimination, Employment Law 9th Jul. 26, 2024
Kama v. Mayorkas
Temporal proximity alone was insufficient to demonstrate employer's stated reason for firing employee was pretextual where, during same period, employee failed to cooperate with a separate investigation. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Jul. 19, 2024
Behrend v. San Francisco Zen Center, Inc.
Apprentice's Americans with Disabilities Act claims against Zen Center were properly dismissed under the First Amendment's "ministerial exception." 		Employment Discrimination, Constitutional Law 9th Jul. 18, 2024
Rajaram v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
42 U.S.C. Section 1981 prohibits discrimination in hiring against United States citizens based on their citizenship. 		Employment Discrimination, Employment Law 9th Jun. 28, 2024
Paleny v. Fireplace Products U.S., Inc.
Egg retrieval and freezing procedures did not qualify as a pregnancy-related medical condition or disability protected by FEHA. 		Employment Discrimination, Employment Law 3DCA Jun. 28, 2024
DeFries v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Plaintiff was entitled to equitable tolling where it was ambiguous as to whether his colorblindness was a "reportable health event" under the class definition. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Jun. 17, 2024
Modification: Ververka v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
*Harris* case law that allows for some relief for a FEHA plaintiff even after a successful "same decision" defense does not extend to whistleblower retaliation claims. 		Employment Discrimination 1DCA/1 Jun. 7, 2024
Ververka v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
*Harris* case law that allows for some relief for a FEHA plaintiff even after a successful "same decision" defense does not extend to whistleblower retaliation claims. 		Employment Discrimination 1DCA/1 May 24, 2024
Amended Opinion: Hittle v. City of Stockton
Summary judgment was affirmed when overwhelming evidence showed that there was no discriminatory animus in City's statements and actions regarding employee's religion. 		Employment Discrimination 9th May 20, 2024
Hoglund v. Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital
Substantial evidence supported plaintiff's age discrimination claim because ample evidence demonstrated that significant participant in her termination exhibited discriminatory animus towards her and that reasons for her firing were pretextual. 		Employment Discrimination, Employment Law 3DCA May 20, 2024
Mattioda v. Nelson
NASA scientist met pleading standard for hostile-work-environment claim when he stated that harassment began after informing superior of his disability. 		Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination 9th Apr. 23, 2024
Kuigoua v. Dept. of Veteran Affairs
Inclusion of fundamentally different claims in legal complaint from those contained in administrative complaint concerning alleged employment discrimination meant plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. 		Employment Discrimination 2DCA/8 Apr. 19, 2024
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
Title VII employment discrimination does not require a showing that the injury was "significant." 		Employment Discrimination USSC Apr. 18, 2024
Martin v. Board of Trustees of the California State University
Because defendant had a legitimate basis for firing employee which employee failed to rebut, trial court appropriately granted summary judgment for defendant. 		Employment Discrimination 2DCA/8 Nov. 15, 2023
Rossi v. Sequoia Union Elementary School
Where school district employee refused to provide vaccination status or succumb to weekly testing, district's actions against employee were shielded by Confidentiality of Medical Information Act's necessity exception. 		Employment Discrimination 5DCA Aug. 29, 2023
Raines v. U.S. Healthworks Medical Group
Business entities carrying out Fair Employment and Housing Act-regulated activities on behalf of an employer may be held directly liable for FEHA violations. 		Employment Discrimination CASC Aug. 22, 2023
Hittle v. City of Stockton
Summary judgment was affirmed when overwhelming evidence showed that there was no discriminatory animus in City's statements and actions regarding employee's religion. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Aug. 7, 2023
Sharp v. S&S Activewear, L.L.C.
Employees' sexual harassment lawsuit survived dismissal since "sexually graphic, violently misogynistic" music played daily in warehouse could constitute a hostile work environment. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Jun. 8, 2023
Bolden-Hardge v. California State Controller
California State Controller's Office could not use the excuse of undue hardship when employee requested an addendum to oath of government allegiance to accommodate her religious beliefs. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Apr. 4, 2023
Lopez v. La Casa de Las Madres
Plaintiff in pregnancy-discrimination action who failed to provide evidence her condition was related to pregnancy failed to meet her burden of proof. 		Employment Discrimination 1DCA/3 Mar. 20, 2023
Lin v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Summary judgment of employee's disability discrimination claim against Kaiser was reversed because a reasonable jury could find that Kaiser's decision to terminate her was substantially motivated by her shoulder injury. 		Employment Discrimination 2DCA/4 Feb. 28, 2023
Opara v. Yellen
Former IRS agent failed to establish discrimination claim when the direct evidence largely supported her termination based on unauthorized inspections of tax return information. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Jan. 18, 2023
Allen v. Staples, Inc.
Summary judgment was not appropriate where Equal Pay Act plaintiff-appellant had shown she was paid less than an appropriate male comparator and the defendant failed to provide evidence of its defense. 		Employment Discrimination 2DCA/5 Oct. 20, 2022
Malloy v. Superior Court (Comprehensive Print Group)
Venue was proper in Los Angeles County because employer allegedly interfered with plaintiff's rights to pregnancy disability leave while she was on leave in Los Angeles County, where she was authorized to work from home. 		Employment Discrimination 2DCA/7 Sep. 20, 2022
Khoiny v. Dignity Health
Academic deference did not apply to the jury's determination whether medical resident was terminated for discriminatory reasons because residents were primarily treated as employees, not students. 		Employment Discrimination 2DCA/8 Mar. 18, 2022
Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation v. State Personnel Bd.
Plaintiff's burden of proving that the discrimination was a substantial factor motivating an adverse employment action arises only after, not before, the employer has rebutted plaintiff's prima facie showing. 		Employment Discrimination 3DCA Feb. 9, 2022
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