Freund v. Nycomed Amersham

326 F.3d 1070 Jeffrey R. FREUND, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. NYCOMED AMERSHAM, a business entity, form unknown; Amersham Holdings, Inc.; Nycomed Amersham Imaging, a division of Nycomed Amersham; Amersham/ Medi-Physics, Inc., a division of Nycomed Amersham, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. No. 01-56491. No. 01-56494. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 5, 2002. Filed April 22, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Thomas M. Peterson, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellants-cross-appellees. John S. Adler, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; Irma E. Gonzalez, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-02202-IEG(LSP). Before CANBY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge CANBY. Opinion dissenting in part by Judge GOULD. OPINION CANBY, Circuit Judge. 1 A jury in district court found that defendant Nycomed Amersham 1 had wrongfully terminated the employment of plaintiff Jeffrey R. Freund for making bona-fide safety complaints, thereby committing the California state-law…