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DIFFEY v. RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. E024523.

101 Cal.Rptr.2d 353 (2000)

84 Cal.App.4th 1031

Teg DIFFEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Review Denied February 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges, Samuel B. Shepherd, and Michael E. Williams, Palm Desert, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kinkle, Rodiger and Spriggs, Bruce E. Disenhouse, Riverside; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Timothy T. Coates, and Barry M. Wolf, Beverly Hills, for Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

GAUT, J.

1. Introduction

The Riverside County Sheriffs Department (County) would not hire Teg Diffey as a deputy sheriff because he is colorblind. The more accurate diagnostic term for Diffey's condition is "deficient color vision" or "color-deficient."

Diffey sued defendants—the County, and a nurse, Rebecca Perkins—under FEHA (the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Gov.Code, § 12900 et seq.) and...

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