Employment
Representative Cases
- In a case of alleged wrongful termination of a whistleblower, established a right to trial by jury on a cause of action for wrongful termination in violation of public policy, but not on a statutory cause of action for retaliatory termination.
- In the context of a civil action brought against an employer following an explosion at a manufacturing facility, held that the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act did not preempt state law claims under California’s unfair competition law and fair advertising law.
- Determined what documents constitute part of a “personnel file” or a file “used for any personnel purposes” in an employment case between a firefighter and a public entity employer.
