A case of three former workers and one current employee of the Antelope Valley Medical Center who allege they were subjected to harassing, retaliatory and discriminatory conduct because they are Black should be managed and tried in Lancaster and not downtown Los Angeles, hospital attorneys argue in new court papers.
In the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, plaintiffs David Angoma, Jeanne Muhirwa, Charlene Lepe and Zipporah Wilson all contend they were denied promotions and asked insensitive questions. All worked in the behavioral health unit and all are nurses except for Lepe, who was an AVMC secretary for 24 years.
The lawsuit was filed in the downtown Los Angeles courthouse last Aug. 20, but hospital lawyers state in court papers filed April 3 with Judge Cherol J. Nellon, in advance of an April 30 hearing, that the proper move is to bring the case to the Antelope Valley Courthouse nearly 70 miles away…