CORNEJO v. LIGHTBOURNE

No. C070704.

220 Cal.App.4th 932 (2013)

163 Cal. Rptr. 3d 530

RUBY CORNEJO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILL LIGHTBOURNE, as Director, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

October 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. King for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Alicia M.B. Fowler , Assistant Attorney General, Susan E. Slager and Austin Cattermole , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BUTZ, J.

Plaintiff Ruby Cornejo filed this action for damages for violations of the California Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) (Gov. Code, § 8547 et seq.)1 in May 2010. She alleged that as a result of her reports starting in 1999 the practices and policies of the State Department of Social Services (the Department) were "`improper governmental activity'" (§ 8547.2, subd. (c)), and she...

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