Van v. Language Line Services, Inc.
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Van sued her employer, Language Line, alleging discrimination because of her Vietnamese background, harassment based on her race, and various wage and labor law violations. Starting in May 2014, Language Line began trying to take Van’s deposition. Ultimately, the trial court entered an order sanctioning her ($7,713) and finding her in contempt. The court found that Van had disobeyed a prior court order by refusing to attend a deposition noticed by Language Line and had engaged in other discovery violations relating to her deposition. The court of appeal reversed. That prior court order, allegedly disregarded by Van, did not order her to attend a deposition and was not issued as a result of a motion to compel. It was only a denial of Van’s own ex parte application to have her deposition stayed based on her claim that the location was more than 80 miles from her home. Language Line did file a motion to compel Van’s attendance (and Van filed a motion to quash the deposition notice) but those were never ruled upon before the case was dismissed.
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