Martinez

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff and Appellant Melissa Martinez sued her former employer, defendant and respondent L.A. Hardwood Flooring, Inc. (L.A. Hardwood), alleging six violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Government Code1 section 12900 et seq. (the FEHA) in this employment discrimination action, as well as claims for wrongful termination in violation of public policy and failure to provide meal and rest periods under the Labor Code. Martinez also sued her former supervisor, defendant and respondent Ray Chavez, alleging harassment. L.A. Hardwood terminated Martinez’s employment after coworkers reported that she destroyed a customer application and Martinez neither accepted responsibility nor explained her conduct. Martinez, who was pregnant at the time, asserts that she was terminated because of her sex, pregnancy, and disability and that L.A. Hardwood’s explanation for her termination is pretextual. L.A. Hardwood and Chavez (collectively, defendants) successfully moved the trial court for an order granting summary judgment, and Martinez appeals from the judgment entered based on that order. We conclude that defendants met their burden of establishing that there is no…