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Labor/Employment

Feb. 11, 2000

Multiple Motivation

Multiple Motivation Court Gives Fired Machinist Chance to Prove Pretextual Discharge The accommodations Deschene needed for his medical condition were relatively minor, and, with the help of a cooperative previous supervisor, he had done well.

By Joseph Posner
        It is a known fact of the human experience that people often act for more than one reason. Such an example of possible multiple motivation was presented in Deschene v. Pinole Point Steel Co., 76 Cal.App.4th 33 (1999).
        Al Deschene went to work for Pinole Point Steel on March 18, 1980. He operated a machi...

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