Facts

Catherine Fromson sued Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP and Rick Rising, in connection with her employment with Georgia Pacific.

Fromson later dismissed her claims against Rising with prejudice.

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Fromson alleged that she began working at James River, Georgia Pacific's predecessor, in 1986. Sometime around 2001, Georgia Pacific acquired James River. Rising was her supervisor. In 2010, she informed one of her supervisors that she believed she was not being compensated at a competitive level.

Ultimately, she received two salary increases, for a total increase of 19 percent. Thereafter, plaintiff contended that Georgia Pacific and her supervisors began discriminating against her, and gave her negative performance evaluations. She claimed she was discriminated against because of her gender and/or age. In support of her allegations, she claimed, among others, that her supervisor revoked her "home-based employee" designation in an attempt to make her employment environment so difficult that it would force her to quit. She claimed she was wrongfully denied a bonus. Then, Georgia Pacific wrongfully terminated her employment in early April 2012. She then sued Georgia Pacific, alleging causes of action for retaliation under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, age discrimination, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, hostile work environment, and punitive damages.

DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
Georgia-Pacific contended that based on organization changes in the company, it eliminated the plaintiff's position. Then based on issues stemming from her performance and behavior in the workplace, Georgia-Pacific declined to transfer her to another position. As such, Georgia-Pacific claimed it had legitimate reasons for the actions it took.

Georgia-Pacific filed a motion for summary judgment.

Result

The district court granted Georgia Pacific's motion for summary judgment. As such, it entered judgment in favor of Georgia Pacific, and against Fromson.