Legal Opinion

Veronese v. Lucasfilm Ltd.

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 10, 2012No. Nos. A129535, A131660PublishedCited by 27 opinions

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RICHMAN, J.

This is an employment discrimination case, specifically pregnancy discrimination. It is an unusual case in several respects, including that the interactions between plaintiff and defendant’s representatives were relatively brief, over a period of less than four months; save for four in-person interviews or meetings and a handful of telephone calls, those interactions were all via e-mail; and plaintiff never worked one day in defendant’s employ.

Plaintiff Julie Gilman Veronese sued defendant Lucasfilm Ltd. (Lucasfilm), alleging six causes of action. Following 11 days of…

2Cases cited46 opinions

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