In October 2012, plaintiff Daniel Beasley, a shift leader at Roscoe’s House of Chicken n’ Waffles, was transferred from the Roscoe’s on East Manchester Avenue, near the intersection with South Main Street, in Los Angeles, to the Roscoe’s on Pico Boulevard, in Los Angeles. His new store manager was Lisa Hernandez, who is Hispanic. Beasley claimed that after his transfer, he was subjected to racial and sexual harassment, and that when he complained about it, he was terminated from his position. Beasley sued the operator of Roscoe’s House of Chicken n’ Waffles, East Coast Foods Inc. He alleged that he was subjected to racial discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination and that East Coast Foods failure to prevent this harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Beasley claimed that he was hired to work at the Roscoe’s on East Manchester Avenue in June 2012, and that he did an excellent job as a shift leader under that store’s manager, Jeanetta Phillips, who is black. However, he claimed that during the approximate eight months that he worked for Hernandez, he was subjected to racial and sexual harassment. He alleged that offensive English and Spanish words for his race were regularly used at the Pico Boulevard restaurant. He also alleged that Hernandez would regularly make offensive comments to him, such as comments about black people being “lazy,” wanting “something for nothing,” and being thieves. Beasley claimed that another shift leader, Adriana Terrones, regularly sexually harassed other servers. He alleged that when he complained to Terrones and asked her to stop the sexual harassment, she would mock him and mimic offensive sexual acts in front of him to directly offend him. In addition, Beasley claimed that Terrones would also regularly use offensive English and Spanish words to refer to black people. Beasley contended that he regularly complained about Hispanic employees being given preferential treatment, in comparison to the black employees, and that he regularly complained to Hernandez about racial discrimination, racial harassment, and sexual harassment. However, he claimed that when Hernandez refused to do anything about it, he next complained to the human resources manager, Howard Foreman, and then the owner and Chief Executive Officer, Herb Hudson, but that still nothing was done. Beasley claimed that shortly after he complained to the CEO, he was terminated. He alleged that Hernandez told him that he was terminated because he did not get along with Terrones and because his complaints caused too many problems at work. Defense witnesses generally disputed Beasley’s allegations at trial. However, according to plaintiff’s counsel, the defense witnesses’ trial testimony contradicted most of their prior admissions that were made during their depositions, including prior alleged admissions that Hernandez felt that Beasley was a troublemaker and trying to stir up racial tension in the restaurant and that Beasley was terminated because he was complaining so much about racial discrimination. Plaintiff’s counsel contended that as a result, the defense witnesses were impeached multiple times with their former deposition testimony., Beasley has schizophrenia that was allegedly stable at the time he worked for Roscoe’s. However, he claimed that after his termination, his symptoms of schizophrenia reignited. He claimed that as a result, he became homeless and started living in his car. Beasley was ultimately diagnosed with a severe major depressive disorder and a generalized anxiety disorder allegedly due to the termination.