Joseph v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections CA4/2
In this employment retaliation case, the trial court granted summary judgment to the defendants. Plaintiff and appellant Victor Joseph contends that he produced sufficient evidence to survive summary judgment as to three of the defendants on his claim under the California Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) (Gov. Code , § 8547 et seq.) by demonstrating that the reasons for his termination were pretextual. In a previous unpublished opinion, we disagreed that he produced such evidence and therefore affirmed the judgment. Our Supreme Court then granted Joseph’s petition for review and transferred the matter to us with directions to vacate the opinion and reconsider the cause in light of Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. (2022) 12 Cal. 5th 703 (Lawson). We vacated our opinion and requested supplemental briefing, which the parties submitted.
Having reconsidered the matter in light of Lawson, our conclusion remains unchanged.
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