Mora

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND ORDER GRANTING AS MOOT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO STRIKE ALL OF DEFENDANT’S AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES SAVE NUMBER NINETEEN, AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Javier Mora (“Plaintiff’) filed this instant action alleging that Chem-tronics (“Defendant”) violated the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. and the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”) Cal. Gov’t Code § 12945.2 et seq. Now before this Court is Plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment as to liability on his: 1) third cause of action — violations of public policy under CFRA and FMLA; 2) fourth cause of action — discrimination under CFRA; 3) fifth cause of action — retaliation under CFRA; 4) sixth cause of action — unlawful employment practice under CFRA; and 5) seventh cause of action — interference with the exercise of rights under FMLA. Additionally, Plaintiff moves to strike Defendant’s third, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, nineteenth, and twenty-first affirmative defenses.

In its opposition, Defendant filed a cross-motion for partial summary judgment on Plaintiffs CFRA based claims found in the fourth, fifth,…