Gamble v. General Foods Corp.

Opinion

WHITE, P. J.

In this action we consider whether a federal court judgment in favor of defendant General Foods Corporation and against plaintiff Brenda J. Gamble on plaintiff’s title VII action is a res judicata bar to plaintiff’s state-law claim for wrongful termination. We hold that the federal judgment bars plaintiff’s state claim and aifirm the judgment.

Procedural History

On August 15, 1984, plaintiff filed a civil rights complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, (hereafter Gamble I) alleging that her employment was terminated as a result of…