Lindsey
Lindsey v. The County of Riverside CA4/2
Opinion
Opinion
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff is a former County employee who was terminated in April 2007 after
approximately seven years of service. She brought suit on June 5, 2007. The operative
Second Amended Complaint, filed May 19, 2008, alleges discrimination, retaliation,
harassment, denial of leave, and failure to take necessary remedial action under various
legal theories.
The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of two named defendants (see
fn. 2), as well as summary adjudication with respect to several causes of action, in an
order filed April 27, 2012. The parties stipulated to a bench trial of plaintiff’s surviving
claims. That trial took place over eight days in June 2012.
On June 20, 2012, after plaintiff rested, defendants brought an oral motion for
judgment pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 631.8. The trial court granted
defendants’ motion, explaining the reasons for its ruling orally for the record. On
July 10, 2012, the court adopted a statement of decision prepared by defendants,
overruling plaintiff’s objections thereto. The judgment appealed from was filed on
August 22, 2012.