California Court of Appeal

In an action brought by a registered nurse alleging wrongful termination and two causes of action premised on claims of improper workplace retaliation, the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of employer is reversed where the document that hospital-employer-defendant maintains constitute its standardized procedures do not contain several elements that are required by the Board of Registered Nursing and the Medical Board of California, and in light of these deficiencies, a reasonable juror could find that defendant improperly retaliated against, and wrongfully terminated plaintiff when she complained about, and refused to perform, nurse-led stress testing pursuant to defendant's legally deficient procedures.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2015
• Published 08/27/2015

Judges

• AARON

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel