Appellate Court Victory for CDF
Congratulations to the team of Marie DiSante, Laura Saadeh, and Maria Gutierrez for their recent appellate court victory on behalf of California State University Long Beach. On July 10, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District (Los Angeles County) affirmed in full the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of CSU. The plaintiff, a CSU administrative employee, had brought claims for sexual harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation, negligence, defamation, and assault and battery. The trial court dismissed the plaintiff's claims for harassment, discrimination, and retaliation on the grounds that the plaintiff had insufficient evidence to support the claims asserted. The trial court dismissed the negligence, defamation, and assault and battery claims on the grounds that the plaintiff had not complied with the filing requirements for bringing tort claims against the government. In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of each of these claims. Given the hard-fought nature of the underlying litigation, this is a particularly sweet victory for the CDF team that represented CSU in this matter.
For more information about this case, please contact Marie DiSante.