Haligowski v. Superior Court

Opinion

ALDRICH, J.

INTRODUCTION

California’s Military and Veterans Code section 3941 prohibits employers from discriminating against members of the armed forces. In this case of first *986impression, we are asked to decide whether plaintiffs may hold supervisors personally liable for discrimination under section 394. We conclude that, like the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (the FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.), another employment discrimination statute which contains similar language and embodies similar goals, section 394 allows servicemen and servicewomen plaintiffs to hold their…