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Case Name | Patterson v. Nestle Waters | |
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Date | 05/20/2009 | |
Note | [Unpublished] A worker failed to raise any issues of material fact in a suit alleging that a bottling plant violated the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. | |
Citation | E045764 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 35262009 CA |
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO ADRAINE PATTERSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NESTLE WATERS NORTH AMERICA, INC. et al. , Defendants and Respondents. Plaintiff Adraine Patterson (plaintiff) was terminated from her employment at Nestle Waters North America (Nestle) after sustaining a job-related injury and then not being able to perform her job or any other available position at Nestle. Plaintiff sued Nestle and Nestle plant manager, Humberto Gomez, (defendants) for violating the California Fair Employment Practice Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq. At the time of plaintiff's employment at Nestle, Nestle also produced juice products in aluminum cans at the plant. After filing FEHA discrimination claims against Gomez, Hartfield, Navin, Flynn and Nestle, plaintiff filed the instant lawsuit in July 2006, against Nestle and Gomez.
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