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STEVENSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S052588.

16 Cal.4th 880 (1997)

JOAN STEVENSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Antonio M. Lawson, Traber, Voorhees & Olguin, Bert Voorhees, Fernando M. Olguin and Theresa M. Traber for Petitioner.

Joseph Posner, Cathy Ventrell-Monsees, Laurie A. McCann and William C. Quackenbush as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Fonda, Garrard, Hilberman & Davis, Peter M. Fonda, Laurie DeYoung, O'Flaherty & Belgum, Brian P. Barrow, Todd E. Croutch and Robert M. Dato for Real Party in Interest.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, David A. Cathcart, Mark Snyderman, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, James C. Martin, Anna Segobia Masters and Ellen R. Brostrom as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

KENNARD, J.

California statutory law prohibits employers from discriminating against older workers (statutorily defined as workers over the age of 40) because of their age. Specifically, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.) makes it "an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to hire or employ, or to discharge, dismiss, reduce, suspend, or demote, any individual over the...

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