Thomas v. City of Los Angeles
Plaintiff Malcolm Thomas (Thomas), a police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), brought suit against the City of Los Angeles (City) for disability discrimination and related claims. After a two-week jury trial, the jury returned a verdict, finding the City liable to Thomas for disability discrimination. The City appeals, arguing that the trial court committed reversible error in giving an incomplete written instruction on Thomas’s disability discrimination claim, an instruction that differed from the oral instruction, and submitting a special verdict form to the jury that did not conform to either the oral or written jury instructions.
We agree with the City that the trial court committed prejudicial error in its instruction on Thomas’s disability discrimination claim. Accordingly, the judgment is reversed and the matter is remanded for a new trial on that cause of action.
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