Maria F. Torres v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group

I. BACKGROUND

This action was removed from Los Angeles Superior Court on March 23, 2022, on the basis of federal question jurisdiction. (See Docket No. 1 (“NoR”)). The Complaint was originally filed on November 25, 2019. (See NoR Exhibit 2 (Docket No. 41-1) at 4). Plaintiff alleges that she was an employee of Defendants for over 16 years and received consistently high performance reviews, but after breaking bones in both arms on May 4, 2018, took medical leave until December 30, 2018 as she was unable to work. (See id. ¶¶ 2, 9–20). Plaintiff’s “Basic Life Support” certification (“BLS”), or CPR card, expired during Plaintiff’s medical leave, on November 30, 2018. (See id. ¶¶ 21–22). The clerk to Plaintiff’s supervisor advised Plaintiff of the upcoming expiration; Plaintiff raised the issue that she could not renew the card while on medical leave and was informed she could return to work on December 31, 2018, and subsequently renew the certification. (See id. ¶¶ 23–25). Plaintiff alleges that despite permission to renew the certificate after returning to work, she was asked to clock out of her work, falsely accused of failing to update her supervisor about the expired…