Susana Reyes v. Federal Express Corporation et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
On June 6, 2025, Plaintiff filed her Complaint in the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, against Defendants FedEx Corporation and individual Brian Baiza. [See Dkt. No. 17-1, Ex. 1, “Compl.”]. On July 24, 2025, Plaintiff dismissed FedEx Corporation from the action and filed an Amendment to the Complaint identifying “DOE 1” as Federal Express Corporation (“Federal Express”), the correct entity that had employed Plaintiff. [Dkt. No. 17-1, “Park Decl.” ¶ 3, Exs. 2 and 3].
In the Complaint, Plaintiff alleges she began her employment with Federal Express in October 2018 as a Material Handler, that Baiza became her manager in
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2021, and that she immediately noticed discriminatory treatment by him. [Compl. ¶¶ 16–17]. Plaintiff further alleges that throughout her employment she was prevented from taking rest breaks even though younger employees took breaks, that Baiza “would berate her for ‘not working hard enough’” whenever she attempted to take a break, and that she heard from a coworker that Baiza had said “she had become ‘too old to work.’” [Id. ¶¶…