Los Angeles Unified School District v. Trustees of the Southern California IBEW-NECA Pension Plan

Opinion

ZELON, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD or the District) sought a judicial declaration that Labor Code section 1776, subdivision (e) prohibited it from producing personal employee information contained in third party certified payroll records. After holding a bench trial, the court ruled in favor of respondent. Appellant now appeals, arguing that it has an absolute privilege to withhold the information at issue. We disagree and conclude that the information is only subject to a conditional privilege.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The LAUSD…