California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mendoza v. Ana, G047394 (Cal. App. 2014):
of various responses"].) Perhaps defendants were substantially motivated by a desire to rid themselves of an individual who had become problematic by reason of his reporting sexual harassment, without regard to the accuracy of his accusations. (See Delashmutt v. Wis-Pak Plastics, Inc., supra, 990 F.Supp. at p. 702, fn. 8 ["It is conceivable that an employer could rid itself of a short-term problem by firing an alleged harasser, then attempt to rid itself of the long-term problem of the complaining person if it perceived that person to have the potential to be a chronic complainer"].)
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