California Court of Appeal

In plaintiff's pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against a city for being fired as a city bus-driver, trial court's judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed and remanded where: 1) instructional error with respect to a mixed-motive defense entitled defendant-city to retrial; and 2) the instructional error did not entitle the city to judgment notwithstanding the verdict because there was substantial evidence to support the jury's verdict for plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/04/2010
• Published 02/04/2010

Judges

• RUBIN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney, Joseph Lawrence, Assistant City Attorney, Carol Ann Rohr and Barbara Greenstein, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendant and Appellant., Kokozian & Nourmand and Michael Nourmand for Plaintiff and Respondent.