Cheal v. El Camino Hospital

Opinion

RUSHING, P. J.

Plaintiff Carol Cheal brought this action for age discrimination against her former employer, defendant El Camino Hospital. Defendant successfully prevailed upon the trial court to grant summary judgment in its favor despite numerous materially disputed facts. As too often happens, the merits of the case were obscured to the point of invisibility in the deluge of statements, counterstatements and objections, that mark modem summary judgment practice. The record clearly raises triable issues of fact with respect to whether plaintiff was performing adequately at the time of…