Thompson v. North Am. Stainless, LP, 562 U.S. ___, 131 S. Ct. 863 (2011)

Eric Thompson and his fiancée, Miriam Regalado, were both employees of North American Stainless (“NAS”). Three weeks after Regalado filed a charge with the EEOC against NAS, alleging sex discrimination, NAS fired Thompson. Thompson subsequently filed a lawsuit against NAS, claiming the company had fired him in order to retaliate

Taylor v. City of Los Angeles, 144 Cal. App. 4th 1216 (2006)

Eric Taylor, an electrical engineer employed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, alleged that he suffered from multiple acts of retaliation by his supervisor (Bruce Hamer) after Taylor acted as a “supporting and material witness” on behalf of a former subordinate (Donald Coleman) in Coleman’s claim that he had

McRae v. Dep’t of Corrections, 142 Cal. App. 4th 377 (2006)

Dr. Margie McRae filed a lawsuit against her employer, the California Department of Corrections, and four individual defendants, seeking damages for discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The trial court granted summary judgment to the four individual defendants, and the case proceeded to trial against the

Yanowitz v. L’Oréal USA, Inc., 36 Cal. 4th 1028 (2005)

Elysa Yanowitz, a regional sales manager for L’Oréal USA, Inc., alleged that after refusing to carry out an order from a male supervisor to terminate the employment of a female sales associate who was not sufficiently sexually attractive, Yanowitz was subjected to hostile adverse treatment, resulting in her leaving the company. Among other things,

Pinero v. Specialty Restaurants Corp., 130 Cal. App. 4th 635 (2005)

Alberto Pinero, the former General Manager of the Castaways Restaurant (owned by Specialty Restaurants Corporation (SRC)), sued SRC for retaliation in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act that allegedly resulted from Pinero’s filing an age discrimination lawsuit against his former employer and a member of the Monterey Park City Council, Alfred

Jersey v. John Muir Med. Ctr., 97 Cal. App. 4th 814 (2002)

Ester Jersey was employed as a nursing assistant and technician at a hospital when she was injured by a patient in the rehabilitation unit who was suffering from head trauma. Less than one year later, Jersey filed a personal injury action against the hospital’s former patient. When Jersey’s superiors at the hospital