Prism Aerospace v. Superior Court CA4/2
Opinion
Opinion
BACKGROUND
A. Urias’s Lawsuits
According to the allegations of Urias’s complaints, she was subjected to repeated
unwanted sexual advances by her supervisor, Cervantes, when she was jointly employed
by Prism and LTET from February 2013 to February 2016. Urias alleged that Cervantes
asked her on dates despite knowing that she was in a committed relationship, and he
repeatedly massaged her shoulders and arms despite her objections. She alleged that
another supervisor told her that she (Urias) should date Cervantes if she wanted to
advance within the company. Finally, Urias alleged that when she complained to human
resources about Cervantes’s behavior, the human resources manager, who was related to
Cervantes, responded by calling her “daughter-in-law.” According to Urias’s allegations,
Cervantes’s inappropriate physical touching “continu[ed] through at least February,
2016.”
3 On August 22, 2016, Urias filed a complaint against LTET with the Department of
Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). That same day, DFEH issued a right-to-sue
notice to Urias, informing her that she had one year from the date of the notice to file her
lawsuit.