Alexander v. Community Hospital of Long Beach
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After a hospital and medical group created a hostile work environment and wrongfully discharged three nurses based on their opposition to a supervisor's harassment, the jury awarded the nurses substantial past and future economic and noneconomic damages suffered up to and after -- but not during -- their second round of employment. Both parties appealed.
The Court of Appeal held that plaintiffs failed to exhaust their administrative remedies against the medical group; insufficient evidence supported some of the jury's findings and its damages awards; and the trial court made several prejudicial evidentiary errors. The court also held that the second medical group may not be held liable on an alter ego theory. Accordingly, the court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
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