Eunices Argueta was employed as a lead agent and acting supervisor for a cargo company. She sued her former employer for sexual harassment by her former manager, retaliation and related wrongdoing under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”). After a one-month long trial, the jury returned a verdict for the employer. MLG appealed and won the right to a new trial. In a published decision, the majority of the justices held that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence extensive verbatim details about Argueta’s treatment of her coworkers. They found the employees’ complaints about Argueta “fit the quintessential definition of prejudice” and were inadmissible.
The defendant petitioned for rehearing before the Court of Appeal and petitioned for review before the California Supreme Court, both of which were denied.
