Whittingham v. City of L.A. CA2/3
Plaintiff and appellant Byford Peter Whittingham (plaintiff), a captain in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), sued defendant and respondent the City of Los Angeles (City) claiming he had not been promoted due to retaliation for his participation in an internal affairs investigation and for votes he cast not to terminate the employment of LAPD officers in several LAPD Board of Rights proceedings—votes that were purportedly contrary to the wishes of then-LAPD Chief of Police Charles Beck. The jury found for the City on both plaintiff’s causes of action, one for workplace retaliation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code, § 12940 et seq.) (FEHA) and the other for whistleblower retaliation (Lab. Code, § 1102.5).
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