LOS ANGELES – A former Cedars-Sinai Medical Center nurse is suing the hospital, alleging her dream of a long career in the medical field was shattered by disparate treatment from Filipino supervisors and co-workers and that a false excuse was used to justify firing her for complaining about her treatment.
Camyle Meier’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges gender discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract and the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, failure to prevent harassment, discrimination and/or retaliation, failure to take corrective action and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Meier is half-white and half-Japanese. She seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages in the suit brought Wednesday. A Cedars representative said the hospital does not comment on pending litigation…