Gregory v. SCIE, LLC, 317 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2003)
Rodney Gregory, a member of Local 44 of the IATSE union, filed an action in state court alleging a violation of the California Labor Code and Wage Orders for SCIE’s failure to pay him premium wage rates for overtime work he had performed. SCIE removed the action to federal court on the ground that
Colores v. Bd. of Trustees of the Cal. State Univ., 105 Cal. App. 4th 1293 (2003)
Lillian Colores, a former director of procurement, contracts and support services for California State University, Los Angeles, alleged that she was constructively terminated in violation of public policy. Nine years after she began working at the university (and 12 years before she applied for and received disability retirement),
Jensen v. Amgen, Inc., 105 Cal. App. 4th 1322 (2003)
Darcy Jensen, who was employed at Amgen as a module team coordinator, alleged that she sustained injuries after she was exposed to mold on Amgen’s premises. Jensen filed a lawsuit asserting causes of action for fraudulent concealment of injuries under Labor Code § 3602(b)(2), battery and unfair business practices. The trial court granted Amgen’s
Northrop Grumman Corp. v. WCAB, 103 Cal. App. 4th 1021 (2002)
Robert C. Graves filed a workers’ compensation claim for psychiatric injuries he allegedly sustained following an investigation into his alleged racial discrimination against a subordinate employee whom he supervised at Northrop Grumman. The workers’ compensation judge (and the WCAB) found that the psychiatric injury caused Graves permanent disability of 20 percent, that further
Doe 1 v. City of Murrieta, 102 Cal. App. 4th 899 (2002)
In this case, a Murrieta police officer sexually abused two 16- year-old girls who were participants in the Murrieta Police Department’s Explorer Program. The minors alleged that the City of Murrieta was vicariously liable for the police officer’s sexual misconduct. The trial court sustained the city’s demurrer without leave to amend to
Falkowski v. Imation Corp., 309 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2002)
This class action litigation arose from a merger in which Imation Corporation, a publicly traded company, acquired Cemax-Icon, a closely held company in the medical information management business. A year after the merger, Imation sold the Cemax subsidiary to Eastman Kodak Company. The plaintiffs are a group of former Imation employees who alleged breach
Alexander v. Codemasters Group Ltd., 104 Cal. App. 4th 129 (2002)
Craig Alexander alleged breach of contract against Codemasters (a United Kingdom-based computer game company) for its failure to provide Alexander (a former executive with the company) with options to purchase 35,000 shares of Codemasters’ stock at an exercise price of $3.25 per share. In its successful motion for summary judgment, Codemasters asserted that
Bui v. AT&T, 310 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 2002)
Nga Bui brought this action on behalf of her deceased husband’s estate against various parties, including his former employers, AT&T and Lucent Technologies. Bui’s husband, Hung M. Duong, died at Erfan Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after undergoing two unsuccessful operations and suffering two myocardial infarctions. In the week before his death, Duong had to
Cadence Design Sys. v. Avant! Corp., 29 Cal. 4th 215 (2002)
In this case, the California Supreme Court answered the following question of law certified to it from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), when does a claim for trade secret infringement arise: only once, when the initial misappropriation occurs, or with
Valerio v. Andrew Youngquist Constr., 103 Cal. App. 4th 1264 (2002)
Andrew Youngquist Construction (a general contractor doing business as Birtcher Construction Services) solicited bids from subcontractors to build the Brenden Theater complex in Vacaville. Birtcher awarded Valerio the painting subcontract on the condition that he submit a performance bond. Valerio began working on the project even though he had not received an executed