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Sunday, October 4, 2026

California court upholds ruling rejecting worker's request to depose high-level official - HRD America

If one wants to depose a high-level official who seeks a protective order to prohibit the deposition, the court should determine whether there is good cause showing that the official has unique or superior personal knowledge of discoverable information, a California court has said.

In the case of Eleni Gavriiloglou v. Prime Healthcare Management, Inc. et al., the plaintiff filed a complaint against her former employer and its alleged alter egos – Prime Healthcare Management, Inc., Prime Healthcare Management II, Inc., Hospital Business Services, Inc., and Dr. Prem Reddy.

She asked for damages for the following violations of California’s Labor Code:

  • failure to provide meal and rest periods under section 226.7;
  • failure to pay overtime under section 510;
  • failure to provide all wages due at termination under section 201;
  • waiting time penalties under section 203;
  • failure to produce an employee file under section 1198.5;
  • misclassification as exempt under section 515;
  • retaliation under section 1102.5;
  • penalties under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).

The plaintiff also alleged the following breaches of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA): discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; failure to prevent discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; failure to provide reasonable accommodation; failure to engage in the good faith interactive process to determine effective reasonable accommodation; and wrongful termination.

The defendants filed a motion to...



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