Hill
Hill v. Goodfellow Top Grade
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TRINA HILL, Case No. 18-cv-01474-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER ON RENEWED MOTION FOR
JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW
v. Re: Dkt. No. 172 GOODFELLOW TOP GRADE, Defendant.
Pending before the Court is Defendant’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(b). Dkt. No. 172 (“Mot.”). Having carefully considered the papers submitted and oral arguments, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendant’s motion. I. BACKGROUND A. Plaintiff’s Role at Goodfellow Plaintiff Trina Hill started working for Defendant Goodfellow Top Grade Construction, LLC (“Goodfellow” or “Top Grade”) on May 9, 2017. Dkt. No. 154 (“Trial Tr. Vol. 1”) at 124:16–17. Goodfellow was one of the subcontractors working for Clark Construction, the general contractor, to construct the Chase Center in San Francisco, California. See id. at 124:3– 125:7. Plaintiff is listed with her union as a “general…