GC1 Office of the General Counsel TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE: REPORT OF NEW LITIGATION For Meeting of September 19, 2007 The attached chart summarizes information concerning new litigation filed.
NEW LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS Report Period: 6/18/07 8/21/07 Regents Meeting September 2007 Plaintiff Location Nature of Dispute - Alleged by Plaintiff Forum Employment Cases Laval, Barbara (Director of Education) UCLA Age Discrimination; Unlawful Retaliation; Wrongful Discharge Los Angeles County Superior Court Aronow, Howard (Research Investigator) UCLA Disability Discrimination; Retaliation Los Angeles County Superior Court Reimer, Dawn (Office Manager) UCIMC Hostile Work Environment; Invasion of Privacy; Retaliation Orange County Superior Court Aquilera, Hector (Maintenance Worker) UCB Wrongful Termination (disability discrimination) Alameda County Superior Court Valle, Gabriel (Police Officer) Martin, Dan (Computer Programmer) Brooks, Brandi (Licensing Assistant) UCSB National Origin Discrimination Santa Barbara County Superior Court UCD Wrongful Termination Yolo County Superior Court UCOP Declaratory Relief US District Court Northern District O Sullivan,William (Sr. Nuclear Medicine Technologist) Wrongful Discharge; Writ of Administrative Mandamus San Francisco County Superior Court Environmental Cases 1
Jones, Leslie Emmington; Henry McLaughlin; et al. LBNL California Environmental Quality Act Long Range Development Plan Student Cases Alameda County Superior Court Steinberg, Ryan Scott (Student) UCSB Writ Petition Challenging Student Dismissal Santa Barbara County Superior Court Brust, Kelsey, et al. (Students) UCD Discrimination (Gender) in athletics US. District Court Eastern District Nguyen, Tam (Former student) UCLA Breach of Contract regarding dismissal from graduate program Los Angeles County Superior Court Vyas, Vishnu (Student) UCSD Writ of Mandate San Diego Superior Court Professional Liability Cases Von Rifley, Brenda UCLA-SM Medical Malpractice Los Angeles County Superior Court Fradin, Diane UCSD Medical Malpractice San Diego County Superior Court Gordon, Craig UCSD Medical Malpractice Los Angeles County Superior Court Moore, Elizabeth UCLA Medical Malpractice Ventura County Superior Court Hernandez, Ricardo UCLA-SM Medical Malpractice Los Angeles County Superior Court Adkins, Sally UCLA-SM Wrongful Death/Elder Abuse Los Angeles County Superior Court Mitchell, Mary UCLA-SM Medical Malpractice Los Angeles County Superior Court 2
Cueto, Rudy UCI Medical Malpractice Orange County Superior Court Long, Nicholas UCLA Medical Malpractice Los Angeles County Superior Court Armitage, John UCSD Wrongful Death San Diego County Superior Court Davenport, Suzanne UCLA Breach of contract in clinical trial United State District Court Middle District of Florida Bieber, Wayne UCSD Medical Malpractice San Diego County Superior Court Sablay, Haley UCLA Medical Malpractice Los Angeles County Superior Court Palladino, Thomas M. Medical Malpractice San Francisco County Superior Court Engel, Marion UCSD Wrongful Death/Elder Abuse San Diego County Superior Court Smith, Gary UCSD Medical Malpractice San Diego Superior Court Hardy, Stephen UCD Medical Malpractice Sacramento County Superior Court Douma, David -SFGH Wrongful Death San Francisco County Superior Court Other Cases Kessler, M. Dean (Member of Public) UCSDMC Complaint for Damages for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Sacramento County Superior Court Misciagna, Mark and Michelle Sonnenburg, Sonja UCD Personal Injury Sacramento County Superior Court UCLA Enforcement of Public Records Act Los Angeles County Superior Court 3
Powell, Morris Prudential Overall (Company) Phillips, Shirley Davis, Jason UCLA Personal Injury: Motor Vehicle Los Angeles County Superior Court UCLA Complaint for Money; Breach of Contract Los Angeles County Superior Court UCSD Personal Injury (slip and fall) San Diego County Superior Court LANL Personal Injury Second Judicial District, County of Bernalillo, New Mexico O Toole, Joseph (Senior Engineer) LANL Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Monetary Damages (Whistleblower) First Judicial District, County of Los Alamos, New Mexico Salk, Pia, et al. Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (Animal Welfare Act) San Francisco County Superior Court PERB Unfair Practice Charges Prevo, Yvonne (CUE) Failure to provide requested information regard incentive awards affecting CUErepresented employees Public Employment Relations Board SETC UCLA Changes in health care programs Public Employment Relations Board 4