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SWENSON v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. B118613.

89 Cal.Rptr.2d 572 (1999)

75 Cal.App.4th 889

Stanley SWENSON, Jr., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

Review Granted January 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Ritner, Lockwood, Gartner & Jurich, Clyde Lockwood, Los Angeles, Timothy P. O'Brien; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Martin Stein and Barry M. Wolf, Beverly Hills, for Defendant and Appellant.

Pine & Pine, Norman Pine, Beverly Tillett Pine, Encino; Law Offices of Richard Amerian, Richard Amerian, Sherman Oaks; Law Offices of Michael S. Duberchin and Michael S. Duberchin, Calabasas, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

EPSTEIN, J.

Appellant County of Los Angeles appeals from a judgment under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov.Code, § 12900 et seq.; FEHA).1 A jury determined that appellant discriminated against respondent Stanley Swenson, Jr., M.D. because of his mental disability. The principal issue is the meaning in FEHA of "mental disability" in the context of employment. Appellant argues the term has the same meaning as it does in the...

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