Gonzales v. City of Long Beach & Citizens Police C
Plaintiff and appellant Thomas Gonzales was employed by the City of Long Beach (the City) as an investigator for the Citizen Police Complaint Commission (CPCC). After the City terminated Gonzales’s employment, he sued the City and the CPCC (defendants) for, among other things, retaliation in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and Labor Code section 1102.5. The trial court granted summary adjudication on four of Gonzales’s five causes of action, and the matter proceeded to jury trial on the single remaining claim, retaliation in violation of the FEHA. The jury rendered a verdict for the City.
Gonzales appeals. He contends the trial court erred by granting the City’s motion for summary adjudication on his Labor Code section 1102.5 “whistleblower” cause of action, and by failing to give three special jury instructions he requested at trial. We conclude the former contention has merit, but the latter does not. Accordingly, Court reversed tr
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