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Soremekun v. Thrifty Payless, Inc., 509 F.3d 978 (9th Cir. 2007)

Adediji Adesola Soremekun, who was employed as a pharmacist at Thrifty Payless d/b/a Rite Aid, was subject to a collective bargaining agreement that existed between Rite Aid and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. After resigning his employment, Soremekun filed a lawsuit in which he alleged claims for breach of contract, failure…

Reid v. Google, Inc., 155 Cal. App. 4th 1342 (2007)

Brian Reid, who was employed for fewer than two years as Google’s Director of Operations and its Director of Engineering, sued Google after his termination, alleging age and disability discrimination, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress and related claims. Reid was 54 years old at the time of his termination. Although the trial…

Sumuel v. ADVO, Inc., 155 Cal. App. 4th 1099 (2007)

In this class action, Tiffany Sumuel and Rudy Halim sued ADVO for unpaid overtime, asserting that ADVO’s policy in California of not paying supplemental salary replacement benefits to its sick or disabled managers until after they supplied proof of receipt of SDI benefits violated the “salary basis test” applicable to determining exemption from overtime.…

Jones v. California Dep’t of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 152 Cal. App. 4th 1367 (2007)

Kim C. Jones worked as a correctional officer at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility for approximately 16 years before experiencing alleged gender discrimination, sexual harassment, race discrimination, assault and battery and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The trial court granted summary judgment to the defendants, including her supervisors…

White v. Starbucks Corp., 497 F. Supp. 2d 1080 (N.D. Cal. 2007) (Walker, J.)

Steve White, a former store manager for Starbucks, claimed the company had failed to (1) pay overtime wages in violation of Labor Code §§ 201 and 204 and Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 11070(12)(A); (2) provide meal and rest periods in violation of Labor Code §§ 226.7 and 512; and…

Coghlan v. American Seafoods Co., 413 F.3d 1090 (9th Cir. 2005)

James Coghlan, a commercial fisherman, was employed by American Seafoods Company (ASC). In 1998, following a layoff, Coghlan retained his job as a master of one of ASC’s fishing trawlers. The person who was responsible for retaining Coghlan was Inge Andreassen, ASC’s Vice President of Operations, who was a man of Norwegian birth.…

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…