Brewer

Christine Brewer, a longtime waitress employed at the Cottonwood Golf Club restaurant, quit her job in March 2005. Shortly thereafter, Brewer filed this action against her employer, Premier Golf Properties, LP, doing business as Cottonwood Golf Club (Cottonwood) alleging a cause of action for age discrimination (Gov. Code, § 12940), and seeking compensatory and punitive damages and attorney fees. Her original complaint also alleged causes of action for “meal break” and “rest break” violations (Lab. Code, § 226.7), and her first amended complaint added a fourth cause of action alleging other violations of the Labor Code.

After the first phase of the bifurcated trial, the jury’s special verdict on the age discrimination claim found in favor of Cottonwood. Brewer’s cross- appeal asserts the trial court erroneously excluded certain exhibits at trial and those errors were prejudicial and require a new trial on her age discrimination claim.

The other claims decided during the first phase of the bifurcated trial involved alleged Labor Code violations. The jury returned special verdicts in favor of Brewer on most of her pleaded Labor Code violations, and awarded damages…