In August 2024, our firm filed a lawsuit against Trademark Venues, LLC in San Diego Superior Court, Case Number 24CU007443N.
The lawsuit alleges that our client suffered ongoing false rumors at work about her sleeping with one of Trademark Venues’ Banquet Supervisors, that our client lodged multiple complaints for more than a year about these false rumors, and that she repeatedly reported that she felt harassed.
The lawsuit further alleges that our client even provided her supervisors and Human Resources Dept copies of text messages that had been sent to her showing that Trademark Venue’s Banquet Supervisor was making lewd false sexual comments about her with coworkers.
The lawsuit further alleges that Trademark Venues failed to properly investigate the reported harassment and failed to take appropriate steps to remedy what our client alleged to be ongoing harassment.
The allegations also include claims for retaliation and wrongful termination because our client was terminated after she began lodging written complaints about her supervisors and Human Resources department failing to properly investigate the complaints of harassment and failing to take appropriate steps to protect her from further harassment.
A copy of the Complaint against Trademark Venues can be viewed here.
After more than a year of litigation, discovery, and depositions, Trademark Venues filed a Motion for Summary Judgment/Summary Adjudication, asking the Court to either dismiss our lawsuit entirely or whittle it down by dismissing one or more of the claims.
Thankfully, the Court did not fall for Trademark Venues’ efforts to evade liability and denied its Motion in full on July 17, 2026.
A copy of the Court’s ruling denying the Motion can be viewed here.
At Semnar & Hartman, we are proud to stand up for the rights of employees who are being treated unfairly and unlawfully at work, whether it be sexual harassment, disability discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, or in whatever form victimization occurs!
Our victory in this case allows us to move one step closer to seeking justice for our client at jury trial.