Dore v. Arnold Worldwide, Inc., 39 Cal. 4th 384 (2006)

Brook Dore, who was employed as a management supervisor, countersigned an employment agreement (in the form of a letter) that characterized his employment as “at-will,” which was defined as the right of either party to terminate the employment “at any time.” Although the trial court granted the employer’s motion for summary judgment, the court

Ross v. Ragingwire Telecommunications, Inc., 132 Cal. App. 4th 590 (2005)

In accordance with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), Gary Ross had a physician’s recommendation to use marijuana for his chronic back pain. Ragingwire offered Ross a job as a lead systems administrator subject to his passing a drug test, which he failed when he tested positive for THC (the active

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,