Baharestani

Filed 8/21/15 Baharestani v. ZOLL Circulation CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

HOSSEIN BAHARESTANI, H039028

(Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. 110CV177164)

v.

ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC.

Defendant and Appellant.

Plaintiff Hossein Baharestani, an electrical engineer, was terminated in July 2008 by his employer, defendant ZOLL Circulation, Inc. (ZOLL), a medical device manufacturer. Baharestani had worked as an at-will employee for ZOLL for approximately 21 months. He sued ZOLL for wrongful termination in violation of public policy, pursuant to Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (1980) 27 Cal.3d 167 (Tameny). (Hereafter, this claim is sometimes referred to as a Tameny claim.) He claimed he was…