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De v. Catholic Healthcare West CA2/7

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 20, 2014B247458California7,864 words

Opinion

Opinion

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Dr. Monya De appeals from the judgment entered after the trial court granted a motion for summary judgment filed by defendant Catholic Healthcare West, now known as Dignity Health, doing business as St. Mary’s Medical Center. After Dr. De’s one-year employment as a third-year internal medicine resident in the residency training program at St. Mary’s ended without Dr. De receiving full credit, she filed this action seeking damages for disability discrimination under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA; Gov. Code,1 § 12940 et seq.), failure to engage in the interactive process and to accommodate, retaliation, and wrongful termination in violation of public policy. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Residency Training Program at St. Mary’s St. Mary’s employed Dr. De in its residency training program as a third-year resident seeking to fulfill the final year of her internal medicine residency. According to the Resident Agreement executed by the parties, the term of Dr. De’s residency and employment was from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, unless terminated sooner in accordance with other provisions of the agreement. Dr. De’s…

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