Legal Opinion
Featherstone v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 19, 2017No. B275225PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J.
Ruth Featherstone (Featherstone) appeals from summary judgment entered against her on claims that her former employer, defendant and respondent Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG), refused to rescind her resignation in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12940 et seq.) 1 and public policy.
Specifically, Featherstone alleged that while working for SCPMG she suffered a “temporary” disability, which arose as a result of a “relatively uncommon side effect of the medication” she was taking in late December 2013; this…
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