Mendones

BACKGROUND

In April 2019, Mendones filed a complaint against defendant Washington Hospital Healthcare System (WHHS), seeking monetary damages and other relief following the termination of her employment as a registered nurse on May 16, 2018. After two demurrers, the trial court granted leave to file a second amended complaint (SAC). In July 2020, Mendones filed her SAC for monetary damages based on six causes of action: (1) “breach of contract”; (2) “wrongful termination”; (3) “retaliation”; (4) “discrimination”; (5) “professional negligence”; and (6) “defamation.” WHHS again filed a demurrer. On October 21, 2020, the trial court issued a signed order sustaining the demurrer to the SAC (a) without leave to amend the causes of action for breach of contract, wrongful termination, retaliation, and discrimination; (b) with leave to amend the cause of action for professional negligence; and (c) with leave to amend the cause of action for defamation, except that the demurrer was sustained without leave to amend as to an allegation that WHHS purportedly made defamatory comments to the Board of Registered Nursing. The court ordered Mendones to file a third amended complaint (TAC)…