LIIKALA
LIIKALA v. BROOKALE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, INC.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANASTASIA LIIKALA, Case No. 23-cv-03612-PCP
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
BROOKALE SENIOR LIVING Re: Dkt. No. 26 COMMUNITIES, INC., et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Anastasia Liikala alleges that her former employers Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. and Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. (collectively, “Brookdale”) violated her rights under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) by unlawfully terminating her for taking medical leave, and that Brookdale’s agent Sedgwick Claims Management, Inc. participated in the violation of those rights. Defendant Sedgwick now moves to dismiss the case on statute of limitations grounds under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). For the reasons that follow, Sedgwick’s motion is denied. BACKGROUND Liikala was employed by Brookdale as a full-time receptionist at an assisted living facility.1 She alleges that she gave notice…