Injunction Against Workplace Violence May Be Supported By Hearsay Evidence
Kaiser Found. Hospitals v. Wilson, 201 Cal. App. 4th 550 (2011)
The trial court considered hearsay evidence in issuing injunctions under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 527.8, prohibiting Jeff Wilson (the husband of a terminated Kaiser employee) from committing acts of violence or making threats of violence against two Kaiser employees. The trial court considered hearsay evidence that Wilson had threatened to “put [the Kaiser employees] down” and that he had threatened to shoot one of them. The Court of Appeal affirmed, holding that it was not error for the trial court to consider hearsay in determining whether to issue an injunction under this statute.
