STOCKETT v. JPIA

No. S108220.

20 Cal.Rptr.3d 176 (2004)

34 Cal.4th 441

99 P.3d 500

Jerry STOCKETT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY, Defendant and Appellant. Jerry Stockett et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

November 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horvitz & Levy, Peter Abrahams, Sandra J. Smith, Nina E. Scholtz, Encino; Matheny, Sears, Linkert & Long, Michael Bishop and Mary E. Wood, Sacramento, for Defendant and Appellant.

Eisen & Johnston, Jay-Allen Eisen, Marian M. Johnston, Sacramento, Frederic L. Snowden; Wilcoxen, Callahan, Montgomery & Deacon, Callahan & Deacon, Gary B. Callahan, Sacramento, and Ted Deacon, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


WERDEGAR, J.

The question presented is whether a dismissed government employee is precluded under the Tort Claims Act (Gov. Code, § 810 et seq.) from asserting, in a complaint for wrongful termination, theories of illegal motivation that were not specified in the required notice of claim. We conclude the claimant is not barred from asserting additional wrongful dismissal theories in his complaint where, as here, the notice of claim informs the public entity of...

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