Saba

ORDER GRANTING UNISYS’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING SABA’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Plaintiff Fadi Saba filed suit against Un-isys Corporation (“Unisys”), his former employer, after he was terminated in 2013. He brings two causes of action for wrongful termination in violation of a fundamental public policy, arguing that Unisys terminated him (i) in retaliation for a prior lawsuit that he brought against Unisys for California Labor Code violations and (ii) for reporting- Unisys’s concealment of its failure to back up files for oñe of its clients, a government contractor that was subject to a hold order from the U.S. Department of Justice. He also states a cause of action for wrongful termination in violation of the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”), arguing that Unisys, terminated him in retaliation for taking family leave on several occasions,- and a claim under California law for intentional- infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”) based upon Unisys’s conduct-in terminating him.-

Unisys gives three reasons for terminating Saba: he was unable to work for one of two main customers of thé group within Unisys to which he was assigned; the group’s other…