Reid v. Google, Inc.
50 Cal.4th 512 (Cal. 2010) Cited 1,122 times 16 Legal AnalysesHolding that a high degree of foreseeability is required to impose a duty to hire security guards and that “the requisite degree of foreseeability rarely, if ever, can be proven in the absence of prior similar incidents of violent crime on the landowner's premises”
Morgan v. Regents of University of California
88 Cal.App.4th 52 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000) Cited 653 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding plaintiff "must obtain from the [DFEH] a notice of right to sue in order to be entitled to file a civil action in court based on violations of FEHA"
Nazir v. United Airlines, Inc.
178 Cal.App.4th 243 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009) Cited 417 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that all materials submitted by plaintiff to DFEH, including two intake questionnaires, may be considered for purposes of determining whether plaintiff had exhausted his administrative remedies
Trujillo v. North County Transit Dist.
63 Cal.App.4th 280 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998) Cited 485 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the statutory language of § 12940 does not "support recovery on . . . a private right of action where there has been a specific factual finding that [the alleged] discrimination or harassment actually occurred at the plaintiffs's workplace"
College Hospital Inc. v. Superior Court
8 Cal.4th 704 (Cal. 1994) Cited 533 times 1 Legal AnalysesSummarizing amendments
Richards v. CH2M Hill, Inc.
26 Cal.4th 798 (Cal. 2001) Cited 404 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that, in the context of FEHA claims, "[i]f the employer has made clear in word and deed that the employee's attempted further reasonable accommodation is futile, then the employee is on notice that litigation, not informal conciliation, is the only alternative for the vindication of his or her rights"
Avila v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
165 Cal.App.4th 1237 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) Cited 252 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that calling in sick during an absence and providing hospital forms describing the illness upon return to work is sufficient notice
Sangster v. Paetkau
68 Cal.App.4th 151 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998) Cited 320 timesAnalyzing the probable cause of a lay person without drawing any distinction, noting "A litigant will lack probable cause for his action either if he relies upon facts which he has no reasonable cause to believe to be true, or if he seeks recovery upon a legal theory which is untenable under the facts known to him"
Martin v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.
29 Cal.App.4th 1718 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994) Cited 347 timesHolding plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies where FEHA complaint did not include sex discrimination and retaliation claims
Lewis v. County of Sacramento
93 Cal.App.4th 107 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001) Cited 266 timesLamenting failure to provide adequate record citations, but choosing to disregard noncompliance so as not to further delay the appeal
Section 10005 - Obtaining a Right-to-Sue Notice from the Department
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2 § 10005 Cited 10 timesAllowing complainants to waive investigation by DFEH in favor of obtaining an immediate right-to-sue notice