Green v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Plaintiff, Mercedes Greene, appeals a summary judgment in favor of defendants, Frank Duda, Anne Babb and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (Countrywide), her former employer, in her wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge and disability discrimination action. We conclude, among other things, that the trial court properly granted summary judgment. Countrywide had a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason to terminate Greene after she made death threats against her coworkers. Greene did not meet her burden to show that her employer's reasons for firing her were false or a pretext for sexual or disability discrimination. Countrywide is not required under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, 12940, subd. (a)(1)) to accommodate Greene's mental disabilities and maintain her at the jobsite after she made death threats. Greene did not show that Countrywide subjected her to a hostile work environment or that it retaliated against her for engaging in protected activities. She has not shown that there are triable issues of fact on her causes of action against Countrywide for negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Court affirm.
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