GAMBLE v. GENERAL FOODS CORP.

Docket No. A047757.

229 Cal.App.3d 893 (1991)

280 Cal. Rptr. 457

BRENDA J. GAMBLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

April 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frederick John James for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy and Richard N. Hill for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

WHITE, P.J.

In this action we consider whether a federal court judgment in favor of defendant General Foods Corporation and against plaintiff Brenda J. Gamble on plaintiff's title VII action is a res judicata bar to plaintiff's state-law claim for wrongful termination. We hold that the federal judgment bars plaintiff's state claim and affirm the judgment.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 15, 1984, plaintiff filed...

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