Adam Fox v. Harry Winston, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 28 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ADAM FOX, No. 23-55639

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 8:22-cv-00381-DOC-ADS v.

HARRY WINSTON, INC., MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellee,

and

DOES 1 to 100, inclusive,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 24, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: IKUTA, R. NELSON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Adam Fox claims his employer, Harry Winston, Inc., fired him for reporting

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). a missing IRS form to a supervisor. He sued under California’s whistleblower law.

See Cal. Lab. Code § 1102.5(b). But a jury found that Fox did not report the

missing form. Fox challenged that…