Legal Opinion
Patten v. Grant Joint Union High School District
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 19, 2005No. C048156PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, J.
In this appeal, we conclude that the standard of “adverse employment action” that our state Supreme Court recently defined and applied to an employment retaliation lawsuit under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) also applies to an employment retaliation lawsuit under Labor Code section 1102.5, subdivision (b) (retaliation for whistleblowing regarding reasonably believed legal violations). (See Yanowitz v. L’Oreal USA, Inc. (2005) 36 Cal.4th 1028 [32 Cal.Rptr.3d 436] (Yanowitz).
In applying this standard, we reverse a summary judgment in favor of the…
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