California Court of Appeal

In an employment termination action, trial court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) there was substantial evidence that defendant violated public policy in dismissing plaintiff; and 2) there was insufficient evidence of malice, fraud or oppression to support the award of punitive damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/30/2009
• Published 07/01/2009

Judges

• BLEASE, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Bruce A. Scheidt, Kristianne T. Seargeant and Meredith Packer, Sacramento, for Defendant and Appellant., Mary-Alice Coleman and James C. Ashworth, Riverside, for Plaintiff and Respondent.