Badalian v. Cal. Inst. of Technology
Filed 2/7/07 Badalian v. Cal. Inst. of Technology CA2/7
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
ARARAT BADALIAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY et al., Defendants and Respondents. | B187274 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. GC032878) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Jan Pluim, Judge. Affirmed.
Mathews & Rager, Charles T. Mathews and Melanie R. Savarese for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Steptoe & Johnson, Lawrence P. Riff, Edward Gregory and Ashley M. Silberfeld for Defendants and Respondents.
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Plaintiff Ararat Badalian brought this action against his former employer, California Institute of Technology (CalTech), and former supervisors[1] alleging wrongful termination in violation of public policy, breach of contract, age and national origin discrimination and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The trial court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment and Badalian filed a timely appeal from the subsequent judgment. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
In a November 1998 letter CalTech offered Badalian â€