SALAS v. SIERRA CHEMICAL CO.

No. S196568.

59 Cal.4th 407 (2014)

173 Cal. Rptr. 3d 689

327 P.3d 797

VICENTE SALAS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SIERRA CHEMICAL CO., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pine & Pine, Norman Pine ; The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, Christopher Ho , Araceli Martínez-Olguín , Marsha J. Chien ; Rancaño & Rancaño, David Rancaño ; Stevens Law and Margaret P. Stevens for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Cynthia L. Rice , Kate Hegé and Julia L. Montgomery for California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, The Asian Law Caucus, Inc., Asian Pacific-American Legal Center of Southern California, Golden Gate Women's Employment Rights Clinic, Legal Aid of Marin, Worksafe, Inc., Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., California Employment Lawyers Association, Labor and Employment Committee of the National Lawyers Guild, UFCW Local 5, SEIU Local 1021 and SEIU-USWW as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Julia Harumi Mass ; Jennifer Chang Newell , Taylor & Company Law Offices, Stephen E. Taylor , Stephen McG. Bundy and Joshua R. Benson for The American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Della Barnett , Michael Caesar ; Eunice Hyunhye Cho ; Linton Joaquin , Karen C. Tumlin and Josh Stehlik for Impact Fund, National Employment Law Project, National Immigration Law Center, Bet Tzedek, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Disability Rights Legal Center, Dolores Street Community Services, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Immigration Center for Women and Children, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, Public Advocates, Inc., Public Counsel and Public Law Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Beeson, Tayer & Bodine and Jason Rabinowitz for Raquel Aldana, Keith Cunningham-Parmeter, Ruben Garcia, Kate Griffith and Leticia Saucedo as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

William A. Herreras ; Remcho, Johansen Purcell, James C. Harrison and Margaret R. Prinzing for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Freeman D'Aiuto Pierce Gurev Keeling & Wolf, Freeman Firm, Arnold J. Wolf , Thomas H. Keeling and Michael N. Morlan for Defendant and Respondent.

Proskauer Rose and Harold M. Brody for Employers Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

Plaintiff sued his former employer under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA; Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.), alleging that defendant employer failed to reasonably accommodate his physical disability and refused to rehire him in retaliation for plaintiff's having filed a workers' compensation claim. Thereafter, defendant learned of information suggesting that plaintiff, to gain employment with...

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