Dignity Health wrongfully terminated a pharmacist of Iranian origin who reported patient safety concerns in her department to her supervisors, a California appeals court said.
Mandy Kazminy’s damages, however, must be recalculated because she didn’t have enough evidence to win on most of her claims, a jury overvalued her economic losses, and she was improperly awarded punitive damages, the California Court of Appeal, Third District, said in an unpublished opinion.
Kazminy was hired to be the pharmacist-in-charge of the outpatient pharmacy at a Dignity Health hospital in Woodland, Calif. Hospital officials knew at the time that there were several problems in the pharmacy, but they didn’t tell Kazminy.
From the beginning, Kazminy had difficulty with her supervisor, Denise Foreman. She reported discrepancies between the number of drugs recorded on the pharmacy’s computer system versus the number actually there, as well as policy violations by the pharmacy staff regarding password sharing and patient consultations.
Foreman refused to address Kazminy’s concerns and reportedly made several derogatory comments about Iranian women to Kazminy and another staff member. Chief Medical Officer Mitesh Patel eventually fired Kazminy at Foreman’s urging.
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