Legal Opinion
Harris v. City of Santa Monica
California Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 2013No. S181004APublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LIU, J.
A bus driver alleged that she was fired by the City of Santa Monica (the City) because of her pregnancy in violation of the prohibition on sex discrimination in the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA; Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.). The City claimed that she had been fired for poor job performance. At trial, the City asked the court to instruct the jury that if it found a mix of discriminatory and legitimate motives, the City could avoid liability by proving that a legitimate motive alone would have led it to make the same decision to fire her. The trial court refused…
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