A California appeals court, in an unpublished decision, affirmed a trial court's finding that a worker fired after a prolonged absence failed to carry her burden of establishing a triable issue of material fact in support of her discrimination and retaliation claims. The City of Santa Ana determined that Bilhah Lopez voluntarily abandoned her position as a public works dispatcher when she didn't show up for work for 11 months in 2021 and did not respond…  Read more Â»