Lucia Cortez v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. et al, No. 2:2017cv04787 - Document 302 (C.D. Cal. 2021)

Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT by Judge George H. Wu, in favor of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Chipotle Services, LLC against Lucia Cortez Related to: Order, 300 . IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that plaintiff Lucia Cortez take nothing on her claims for pre gnancy/disability discrimination under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; discrimination/retaliation for taking a leave of absence under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; wrongful termination in violation of public policy; (see document for details). (mrgo)

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Lucia Cortez v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. et al Doc. 302 Case 2:17-cv-04787-GW-JPR Document 302 Filed 09/02/21 Page 1 of 4 Page ID #:12122 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MESSNER REEVES LLP Charles C. Cavanagh (CA State Bar No. 198468) Kathleen J. Mowry (Pro Hac Vice) 1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 623-1800 Facsimile: (303) 623-0552 E-mail: ccavanagh@messner.com E-mail: kmowry@messner.com Attorneys for Defendants CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. and CHIPOTLE SERVICES, LLC 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 WESTERN DIVISION 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.; ) ) CHIPOTLE SERVICES, LLC; and ) DOES 1 to 50, inclusive ) ) Defendants. ) LUCIA CORTEZ, Case No: CV 17-4787-GW-JPRx FINAL JUDGMENT Judge: Hon. George H. Wu Ctrm.: 9D (350 West 1st Street) Removal Date: June 29, 2017 Final Pretrial Conf.: February 7, 2019 Trial Date: February 12, 2019 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FINAL JUDGMENT Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:17-cv-04787-GW-JPR Document 302 Filed 09/02/21 Page 2 of 4 Page ID #:12123 The parties tried this action to a jury on February 12-20, 2019, the Honorable 1 2 George H. Wu, United States District Court Judge presiding. After the jury rendered its 3 verdict, the Court entered Judgment on February 27, 2019 [Dkt. #198]. Thereafter, the parties filed appeals from that Judgment, from certain of the 4 5 Court’s post-trial orders, and from a Partial Final Judgment entered on January 15, 2020 6 [Dkt. #276]. On July 29, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued 7 8 a Memorandum Opinion, which effectively reinstituted the Judgment of February 27, 9 2019. Mandate issued with respect to that Memorandum Opinion on August 20, 2021. Therefore, the evidence presented, having been fully considered, the issues 10 11 having been duly heard, and a jury verdict having been duly rendered, IT IS HEREBY 12 ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that plaintiff Lucia Cortez take nothing on her claims for 13 pregnancy/disability discrimination under the California Fair Employment and Housing 14 Act; discrimination/retaliation for taking a leave of absence under the California Fair 15 Employment and Housing Act; wrongful termination in violation of public policy; 16 failure to accommodate under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; failure 17 to prevent discrimination under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; and 18 failure to engage in the interactive process under the California Fair Employment and 19 Housing Act. Pursuant to this Court’s Final Rulings Re: Plaintiff’s Supplemental Motion for 20 21 Summary Judgment and Defendants’ Supplemental Motion for Summary Judgment 22 [Dkt. #102], IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that plaintiff Lucia Cortez 23 take nothing on her claims for punitive damages. Pursuant to this Court’s Final Rulings Re: Plaintiff’s Supplemental Motion for 24 25 Summary Judgment and Defendants’ Supplemental Motion for Summary Judgment 26 [Dkt. #102], IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that plaintiff Lucia Cortez 27 is entitled to a statutory penalty of $750 on her claim for failure to provide her personnel 28 file. -2FINAL JUDGMENT Case 2:17-cv-04787-GW-JPR Document 302 Filed 09/02/21 Page 3 of 4 Page ID #:12124 1 Plaintiff Lucia Cortez is the prevailing party on her claim for failure to provide 2 her personnel file, and Defendants Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and Chipotle Services, 3 LLC are the prevailing parties on all other causes of action. Judgment ENTERS in favor 4 of each party as set forth herein. 5 6 7 Dated: September 2, 2021 By: HON. GEORGE H. WU, United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 Submitted August 31, 2021 by: 12 13 14 15 MESSNER REEVES, LLP Charles C. Cavanagh Kathleen J. Mowry THE GREEN LAW GROUP, LLP Scott Thomas Green Matthew T. Bechtel By: /s/ Charles C. Cavanagh Attorneys for Defendants By: /s/ Matthew T. Bechtel Attorneys for Plaintiff 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3FINAL JUDGMENT Case 2:17-cv-04787-GW-JPR Document 302 Filed 09/02/21 Page 4 of 4 Page ID #:12125 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ________________________________________________________________________________

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