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Mendoza v. Western Medical Center Santa Ana

California Court of Appeal

Decided January 14, 2014No. G047394PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

IKOLA, J.

A jury voted nine to three to award $238,328 to plaintiff Romeo Mendoza, who claimed he was fired in retaliation for reporting allegations of sexual harassment. The court instructed the jury with the 2012 version of CACI No. 2430 and a special verdict form consistent therewith. Case law issued subsequent to the judgment leads us to conclude the court committed prejudicial error in doing so. (See Harris v. City of Santa Monica (2013) 56 Cal.4th 203 [152 Cal.Rptr.3d 392, 294 P.3d 49] (Harris); Alamo v. Practice Management Information Corp. (2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 466 [161…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. NassarSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  2. Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co.California Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Rojo v. KligerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Harris v. City of Santa MonicaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Jones v. Lodge at Torrey Pines PartnershipCalifornia Supreme Court · 2008

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Davis v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
  2. Acii v. Autozone, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
  3. Corona v. Goodland Holdings CA2/4California Court of Appeal · 2014
  4. Cyrus Raphael v. Tesoro Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
  5. Davis v. Farmers Ins. ExchangeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016

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