California Court of Appeal

MCDANELD v. E. MUN. WATER DIST. BD., E032426

Claims that defendant employer retaliated against plaintiff for exercising his rights to family and medical leave, as provided by California and federal law, are denied where employer could properly terminate him when it reasonably believed he was misusing his family leave and then was untruthful during the subsequent investigation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/10/2003
• Published 06/10/2003

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Zo-Taylor Rees for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Filarsky & Watt and Steve A. Filarsky, Manhattan Beach, for Defendant and Respondent.