Laird
Laird v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
Sims, J.
Plaintiff Anne Laird was terminated from her sales position with the PennySaver, a publication owned by Sutton Industries, Inc. (Sutton). She sued defendant Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. (Cap Cities), Sutton’s parent corporation, alleging employment discrimination and wrongful termination. She did not name Sutton as a defendant.
Cap Cities moved for summary judgment on the ground that it was not Laird’s employer. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the complaint. Laird appeals. We shall affirm.
Factual And Procedural Background
The complaint.
Laird’s complaint stated causes of action for sex discrimination, age discrimination, and wrongful termination in breach of an implied-in-fact contract of employment based on the following allegations: Defendant Cap Cities hired her in 1986 as an account sales representative at its Sacramento office, where she was a top producer. However, after a promotion in 1992 to the national accounts department, things went wrong. Male counterparts in the department were favored over her, causing her to lose accounts and income. When she complained to defendants Sandy Kleinke (described as Cap Cities’ sales manager) and Wes Smith…