Veto
Veto v. the Boeing Company
Opinion
Opinion
facts, we do not recount them here. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291
and affirm.
A district court’s decision to grant summary judgment is reviewed de novo.
Desire, LLC v. Manna Textiles, Inc., 986 F.3d 1253, 1259 (9th Cir. 2021).
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, we must
determine whether there are any genuine issues of material fact and whether the
district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law. Soc. Techs. LLC v.
Apple Inc., 4 F.4th 811, 816 (9th Cir. 2021).
1. The district court did not err in granting Boeing summary judgment
on Veto’s Section 1102.5 claim. In relevant part, Section 1102.5 prohibits an
employer from retaliating against an employee for disclosing information to a
supervisor if the employee has “reasonable cause” to believe the information
discloses a violation of state or federal statute. CAL. LABOR CODE §
1102.5(b). The “reasonable cause” standard “imposes a requirement of objective
reasonableness.” People ex rel. Garcia-Brower v. Kolla’s, Inc., 14 Cal. 5th 719,
734 (Cal. 2023). “The reasonableness of an act or omission is a question of fact,