Legal Opinion
Brundage v. Hahn
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 21, 1997No. B099119PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRIGNON, J.
Plaintiff and appellant Catherine Brundage appeals from the summary judgment in favor of defendant and respondent County of Los Angeles Office of the Assessor in this employment discrimination action. Brundage sued County for terminating and refusing to reinstate her because of a mental disability. We conclude Brundage was terminated and not reinstated because she abandoned her job. That this job abandonment may have been the result of a previously undisclosed manic-depressive (bipolar) disorder does not constitute either disability discrimination or a refusal to provide a…
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