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LYLE v. WARNER BROS. TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS

No. B160528.

12 Cal.Rptr.3d 511 (2004)

Amaani LYLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WARNER BROTHERS TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

Rehearing Denied May 14, 2004.

Review Granted July 21, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Weidmann, Los Angeles, and Scott O. Cummings for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Adam Levin and Samantha C. Grant, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.

Certified For Partial Publication.*

JOHNSON, J.

Defendants, producers and writers of a popular television show raise a unique defense to plaintiff's claim of sexual harassment. Defendants admit the use of sexually coarse, vulgar and demeaning language in the workplace but maintain such language was essential to the creative process of developing scripts for the show. For the reasons we explain in Part IV(C) of our opinion we conclude...

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