Goldberg v. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., 125 Cal. App. 4th 752 (2005)
Ilene Goldberg sued her former employer, Warner/Chappell Music, and her former supervisor for wrongful termination, discrimination, and retaliation for “whistle blowing,” among other things. Goldberg moved to disqualify Warner’s counsel, the law firm of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (MS&K), on the ground that six years earlier she had consulted with an MS&K
Estrada v. RPS, Inc., 125 Cal. App. 4th 976 (2005)
Anthony Estrada, a former driver for RPS, alleged unfair business practices under Business & Professions Code § 17200, contending that RPS unlawfully classified its pickup and delivery drivers as “independent contractors” rather than employees and, as a result, had failed to reimburse them for employment-related expenses as required by Labor Code § 2802. After
Moran v. Murtaugh, Miller, Meyer & Nelson, 126 Cal. App. 4th 323 (2005)
Gene Moran was hired as a paralegal by the Murtaugh, Miller law firm. Shortly thereafter, one of the firm’s associates conducted a computerized legal database search and discovered that Moran had several felony convictions in his past, including grand theft and second-degree burglary. The associate notified a number of the firm’s
Steinhebel v. Los Angeles Times Communications, 126 Cal. App. 4th 696 (2005)
Kurt Steinhebel and other telesales employees of the Los Angeles Times sold newspaper subscriptions and received commissions for those sales. Under the Telesales Agreement, a “chargedback order (when a customer does not keep the paper for at least 28 days)” was not a commissionable order. The employees received commission advances against which
Honeywell v. WCAB, 35 Cal. 4th 24 (2005)
William Wagner, a sheet metal specialist for Honeywell, claimed work-related injuries to his body and psyche due to employment. On July 20, 1998, Wagner made statements that management was prejudiced against him and hampered his promotion and transfer, that he could not “take it anymore,” and that his doctor had prescribed medication for work stress. On
CIR v. Banks, 543 U.S. 426, 125 S. Ct. 826 (2005)
In these consolidated cases, John W. Banks, II and Sigitas J. Banaitis failed to report as income portions of a settlement (in Banks’s case) and a favorable judgment (in Banaitis’s case) that were paid to their attorneys. The United States Supreme Court held that when a litigant’s recovery constitutes income, the income includes
Mondero v. Salt River Project, 400 F.3d 1207 (9th Cir. 2005)
Sylvia Mondero sued the Salt River Project under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging gender discrimination associated with the Project’s failure to give her the opportunity to serve as an operations journeyman in an experimental program offered to several male employees that provided on-the-job training and a guarantee of
ReadyLink Healthcare v. Cotton, 126 Cal. App. 4th 1006 (2005)
ReadyLink obtained an injunction against Jerome Cotton, a former employee, prohibiting Cotton from soliciting ReadyLink employees and customers and from using or disclosing ReadyLink’s trade secrets and confidential information. ReadyLink fired Cotton for stealing ReadyLink records containing proprietary and confidential information. During a search of his residence and storage locker (to which Cotton consented),
Krell v. Gray, 126 Cal. App. 4th 1208 (2005)
Robert Krell, the assistant principal at Pacoima Middle School, issued a reprimand to Fleming Gray, a substitute teacher at the school, after Gray refused to permit one of his students to use the restroom during class. Gray filed a grievance with the LAUSD, and the matter was settled by removing the reprimand from Gray’s file
Leonel v. American Airlines, Inc., 400 F.3d 702 (9th Cir. 2005)
Walber Leonel and two other individuals applied for flight attendant positions with American Airlines. Plaintiffs were interviewed in Dallas and received conditional offers of employment, contingent upon their passing background checks and medical examinations. Although none of the applicants disclosed his HIV-positive status or related medications, American conducted tests on the blood samples