A California federal district court granted summary judgment to Shriners Hospitals for Children on a pediatric orthopedic surgeon’s retaliation claims under California health and labor laws, finding the surgeon failed to demonstrate that the hospital’s stated reason for demotion and termination was pretextual and failed to identify a law he reasonably believed the employer violated when raising his patient-care complaint.
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