MSJ Granted - Ponce v. Orange County Department of Education Ponce v. Orange County Department of Education - Hylton & Associates attorney's Courtney L. Hylton and Pancy Lin obtained summary judgment of a lawsuit filed by a plaintiff claiming whistleblower retaliation pursuant to Labor Code § 1102.5. In granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant, the Court agreed with the defense's contentions that the plaintiff did not engage in any protected activity and was not subjected to any adverse employment action(s). [...]

MSJ Granted – Children’s Health Defense-California Chapter, et al. v. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Dist., et al Hylton & Associates' attorneys Courtney L. Hylton and Pancy Lin obtained summary judgment of a lawsuit filed by a plaintiff claiming whistleblower retaliation pursuant to Labor Code § 1102.5. In granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant, the Court agreed with the defense's contentions that the plaintiff did not engage in any protected activity and was not subjected to any adverse employment action(s). Following the [...]

MSJ Granted – B.B., et al. v. Capistrano Unified School District, et al. Plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim against individual District employees alleging that when she was a first-grade student, she suffered first amendment violations when she was allegedly disciplined for a drawing she made and gave to a bi-racial first-grade student depicting the phrase, "Black Lives Matter" and "any life". The mother of the recipient student emailed the principal stating she did not want her child to receive political messages [...]