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Labor/Employment,
California Courts of Appeal

Apr. 24, 2020

Appellate panel reverses award in gender discrimination suit against UCLA

A state appellate court panel on Thursday reversed a $13 million jury award against UCLA in a lawsuit by a female director of the lymphoma department at its medical center after concluding the trial judge made a series of errors that, collectively, led to a “miscarriage of justice.”

A state appellate panel reversed a $13 million jury award against UCLA on Thursday in a lawsuit by a female director of the lymphoma department after concluding the trial judge made a series of errors that collectively led to a “miscarriage of justice.”

2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Maria E. Stratton, writing for the panel, said Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael P. Linfield allowed evidence of discrimination acro...

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