GUZ v. BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.

No. S062201.

100 Cal.Rptr.2d 352 (2000)

24 Cal.4th 317

8 P.3d 1089

John GUZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

October 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bianco & Murphy, Stephen M. Murphy, San Francisco; Quackenbush & Quackenbush and William C. Quackenbush, San Mateo, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Thomas W. Osborne and Melvin Radowitz, Washington, Dist. of Col., for the American Association of Retired Persons as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Cane, Jr., John C. Oakes, Los Angeles; Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Thelen Reid & Priest, Curtis A. Cole, Janet F. Bentley, Clarice

C. Liu, Michael Hallerud and Thomas M. McInerney, San Francisco, for Defendants and Respondents.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Pamela L. Hemminger and Kathleen M. Vanderziel, Los Angeles, for California Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Law Offices of Steven Drapkin and Steven Drapkin, Los Angeles, for the Employers Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Lloyd C. Loomis, Los Angeles, for California Employment Law Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


BAXTER, J.

This case presents questions about the law governing claims of wrongful discharge from employment as it applies to an employer's motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff John Guz, a longtime employee of Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI), was released at age 49 when his work unit was eliminated and its tasks were transferred to another Bechtel office. Guz sued BNI and its parent, Bechtel Corporation (hereinafter collectively Bechtel), alleging age discrimination...

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