Paleny

Filed 6/27/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

ERIKA PALENY, C097584

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 34-2019- 00270758-CU-WT-GDS) v.

FIREPLACE PRODUCTS U.S., INC., et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Richard K. Sueyoshi, Judge. Affirmed.

Law Offices of J. David Nick and J. David Nick for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Littler Mendelson, Barbara A. Blackburn, John H. Adams, Jr., and Douglas L. Ropel for Defendants and Respondents.

1 Appellant Erika Paleny sued respondents Fireplace Products U.S., Inc. (Fireplace Products), and Sabah Salah (collectively, respondents), arguing that she experienced harassment, discrimination, and retaliation after she informed her manager, Salah, that she would be undergoing oocyte (egg) retrieval procedures to both donate and freeze eggs for herself for potential use at some unknown time in the future. The superior court granted respondents’ motion for summary judgment based on its finding that the egg retrieval…