Wallner

Filed 3/16/15 Wallner v. Biggs-Gridley Memorial Hospital CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Butte) ----

JAMES WALLNER, C075599

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 156664)

v.

BIGGS-GRIDLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,

Defendant and Respondent.

After less than a year of employment as the director of pharmacy for defendant Biggs-Gridley Memorial Hospital (the hospital), plaintiff James Wallner was fired. The hospital said it was for poor job performance; Wallner claims it was retaliation for his complaint that his supervisor had sexually harassed him. When Wallner sued the hospital for retaliation and termination in violation of public policy, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the…