Pereira
Pereira v. Schlage Electronics
Opinion
Opinion
Williams, J.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEPENDANT SCHLAGE’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; DENYING PLAINTIFF’S CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Plaintiff Tung Pereira (“Pereira”) brought this action against her employer, Defendant Schlage Electronics (“Schlage”), and several of her co-workers, alleging that she was discriminated against on the basis of her sex in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. and California Gov’t Code § 12940. Currently before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment.
BACKGROUND
Pereira began working for Schlage in 1988 as a temporary employee in the printed circuit board “quality assurance” department. After approximately six months, she was given regular employment and transferred to the production test department. In both her 1988 and 1989 performance reviews, Pereira received a performance rating of “commendable” overall, the second highest possible rating out of five.
Pereira alleges that throughout her employment at Schlage three of her co-workers, Ban “Tony” Nguyen, Dung Tran and Sum Diep, harassed her with abusive, vulgar and offensive language spoken in Vietnamese. Initially, Pereira did not complain about…