Mejia v. Wood
Two police officers brought suit against their lieutenant, the City of Inglewood and the Inglewood Police Department asserting claims of discrimination based on race and/or national origin, harassment based on their race or national origin, and retaliation for having complained about racially derogatory comments their lieutenant made nearly a decade earlier. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of their lieutenant, only, and dismissed him from the action. The trial court reasoned the lieutenants racial slur was an isolated incident, and insufficient in itself to create a hostile working environment as a matter of law. The court also found no causal nexus between the officers protected activity in complaining about their lieutenants racial slur and the allegedly adverse employment actions occurring years later. Court affirm.
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