Lorre v. Virgin America, Inc. CA2/7
Alex Lorre appeals from a judgment in favor of his former employer, Virgin America Inc. (Virgin), after the trial court granted summary adjudication in favor of Virgin on Lorre’s claims for disability discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, defamation, and breach of contract. Lorre was employed by Virgin since 2008 as an airplane maintenance technician at the Los Angeles International Airport. In 2014 Virgin terminated Lorre’s employment after Lorre offered to sell to his coworkers a headset a passenger left on an airplane. Lorre alleged that Virgin terminated his employment because of his physical disability and in retaliation for his request for medical leave, not for the stated reason that he had offered to sell the headset. Lorre also alleged that Virgin defamed him by falsely stating to his supervisors that he had committed a theft. Because Lorre failed to present evidence raising a triable issue of material fact as to each of the five causes of action, we affi
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