REEVES v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

No. H024375.

16 Cal.Rptr.3d 717 (2004)

121 Cal.App.4th 95

William McLeod REEVES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

July 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theresa L. Pfeiffer, Los Gatos, for Plaintiff and Appellant William McLeod Reeves.

Littler Mendelson, Nancy E. Pritikin, San Francisco, Neda N. Dal Cielo, San Jose, for Defendant and Respondent Safeway Stores, Inc.


RUSHING, P.J.

The Fair Employment and Housing Act, Government Code sections 12900 et seq. (FEHA), prohibits an employer from firing a worker in retaliation for the worker's complaining about incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace. (Gov.Code, § 12940, subds. (h), (j).)1 An employer can defeat such a claim by showing that it acted not in response to the worker's complaints but for legitimate, nonretaliatory reasons. This case...

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