Case Summary

4990 REVIEW GRANTED. After exhausting his administrative remedies, a California State University coach brought a civil action for damages against the university for failing satisfactorily to address his retaliation complaint against other members of the athletic department. The Court of Appeal held that the university did not satisfactorily address his complaint because the university failed to address punishment and discipline and applied an incorrect standard in determining whether the coach made the retaliation claim in good faith.

OHTON v CAL UNIV OF SAN DIEGO (Football Whistleblower) 180 CA4 1402 REV GRANTED [See Gov Code § § 8547 et seq. (Whistleblower Protection Act); Runyon v Bd of Trustees of CSU 48 C4 760]