California Court of Appeal

In plaintiff's suit against her former employer, PG&E, claiming employment discrimination in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and breach of contract, trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion to vacate the order on the motion for summary judgment and resulting judgment under section 473(b) is affirmed where: 1) trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's request for discretionary relief under section 473(b) from entry of summary judgment in favor of PG&E as plaintiff's counsel's mistakes were inexcusable mistakes; and 2) plaintiff is not entitled to mandatory relief under section 473(b) because such relief is not available for summary judgments.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2010
• Published 08/05/2010

Judges

• Gomes, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christine J. Levin, Elizabeth L. Bradley