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Case Name | Maureen DeSaulles v. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula | |
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Date | 06/29/2011 | |
Note | The Superior Court did not err in dismissing a FEHA lawsuit filed by a disabled worker whose employer placed her on unpaid leave while awaiting more information on her medical restrictions and offered her an alternative position that the worker found unsuitable. | |
Citation | H033906 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 37782011 CA |
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT MAUREEN DESAULLES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT. Consistently with that ruling, at trial, the court granted Hospital's in limine motion excluding evidence and argument that Hospital had failed to accommodate deSaulles. Hospital Facility, The Registrar Position, and Patient Contact In early 2005, deSaulles interviewed with Hospital for a per diem*fn3 position as a night inpatient registrar within Hospital's Patient Business Services department. Present at the meeting were deSaulles, her husband, Zehm, and Mary Goodby, a Hospital human resource representative. deSaulles believed that rather than "taking away [her] shifts," Hospital should be "trying to work with [her]. "
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