New Published California Employment and Tort Cases

Employment Case:  Can an employer be liable under FEHA for an undisclosed bipolar disability? 

The California Court of Appeal Court addressed this issue last month. Below is my one-paragraph case summary from my online publication California Case Summaries™: 

Husband v. Target Corporation (2026) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2026 WL 1430244: The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s order granting defendant employer’s motion for summary judgment in plaintiff’s action alleging claims under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA; Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.) for disability discrimination, failure to provide reasonable accommodation, and failure to engage in the interactive process. The trial court granted summary judgment finding that defendant had no knowledge of plaintiff's bipolar disorder when it terminated him for violating the company's workplace violence policy. The Court of Appeal affirmed, holding as a matter of law that an employer i...

Below is a free sample of a new case summary from the newly published issue of my publication California Case Summaries Monthly™, with summaries of the 48 new California civil and family law cases published in December of 2021. 

California Courts of Appeal
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CSAA Insurance Exchange v. Hodroj (2021) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2021 WL 5631492: The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's order granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in an action by plaintiff carrier against defendant for breaching his agreement to settle a personal injury claim for the policy limit of $100,000. When parties agree on the material terms of a contract with the intention to later reduce it to a formal writing, failure to complete the formal writing does not negate the existence of the initial contract. The Court of Appeal concluded that the communications between defendant's lawyer and plaintiff reflected a settlement which would be later memorialized in a formal writing. Plaintiff's offer commun...