Christina Abdelmalak v. Reopen Diagnostics, LLC

I. Background

Plaintiff was a Clinical Laboratory Scientist for ReOpen from September 28, 2021, through May 18, 2022. (Compl. ¶¶ 17-18.) Gerges was Plaintiff’s direct supervisor, Weber and _________________________________________________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT J S -

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No.: 8:24-cv-01365-FWS-JC Date: September 13, 2024 Title: Christina Abdelmalak v. ReOpen Diagnostics, LLC, et al. Goree were Plaintiff’s human resources representatives, and Pottorf was ReOpen’s Chief Executive Officer1, “who [Plaintiff] also reported to.” (Id. ¶ 16.) On January 8, 2022, Plaintiff notified Defendants, including Gerges, “that she was pregnant.” (Id. ¶ 23.) On January 14, 2022, Defendants asked Plaintiff to “work overtime due to an influx of additional work,” and Plaintiff “would regularly work over her scheduled eight (8) hour shifts to approximately twelve (12) to fifteen (15) hours total in the COVID-19 Lab.” (Id. ¶ 24.) “Around twelve hours into her shift on January 14, 2022,” Plaintiff “was experiencing symptoms from her pregnancy- related disabilities and” told…