In 2008, plaintiff Sharon Jordan, a secretary for the city of Long Beach, learned that her husband had suffered a stroke. She claimed that shortly thereafter, her supervisor sought to keep tabs on her seriously ill husband and that she was retaliated against when she rebuffed her supervisor’s efforts. Thereafter, on July 22, 2009, Jordan took a medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act for stress, anxiety, and depression. She also requested a transfer, but it was denied. As a result, Jordan filed a discrimination complaint against her supervisor on Sept. 8, 2009. Jordan was ultimately terminated on July 22, 2010. Jordan sued the city, The Port of Long Beach and her supervisor, Samara Ashley. She alleged that Ashley’s actions constituted disability discrimination and retaliation, and that the city and the Port of Long Beach were vicariously liable for Ashley’s actions. Jordan claimed that she had worked for 16 years as a secretary for the city of Long Beach and that during those years, she received consistently good performance appraisals. However, she claimed that when she rebuffed Ashley’s efforts to keep tabs on her seriously ill husband, Ashley began to criticize her work. Jordan alleged that as a result, she went out on medical leave for the stress, anxiety and depression that Ashley caused her. Jordan claimed that Ashley then retaliated against her by failing to accommodate her transfer request and for filing a charge of discrimination against her. She alleged that after she filed the complaint, her performance was criticized and she was told that she needed to drop her discrimination complaint. Jordan claimed that when she refused to drop the complaint, she was terminated from her job. The defendants alleged that Jordan was unprofessional and insubordinate, and that this led to Jordan’s termination., Jordan claimed she suffered stress, anxiety and depression as a result of the discrimination, causing her to take medical leave while she was still employed with the city of Long Beach. As a result of her termination, Jordan lost her medical insurance and she was forced to relocate her comatose husband, who subsequently died in January 2011. She claimed that she also lost her home and had to move to Georgia as a result of losing her job.