Leedom told Thompson to "deal with it." The record is silent as to whether Thompson brought this complaint to the attention of Oceanaire. ![]() Thompson told Leedom that he was tired of the property manager's discriminatory treatment of him and requested a transfer. The record also does not reveal that Thompson complained to Leedom that the conduct continued.Ī few months later Thompson called Leedom again and complained that Oceanaire's property manager did not relieve him from his duties at the front desk often enough for bathroom breaks. Nothing in the record shows that after Thompson complained to Oceanaire's president that the property manager continued to talk to Thompson about hiring Hispanic security guards. 2 Leedom suggested that Thompson discuss the matter with Oceanaire's president, which Thompson did. During their conversation, he repeated some of the property manager's comments, although the record is not clear as to what specific comments he related to Leedom. Shortly after his November 2002 promotion to supervisor, Thompson called Leedom and told him that Oceanaire's property manager had asked him why Leedom did not hire Hispanic security guards. Most of the security guards at Oceanaire were African American. In November 2002, Leedom promoted Thompson to post commander at the Oceanaire property and increased his salary by 50 percent. Leedom's president and chief executive officer, Keith Leedom, personally interviewed Thompson and on September 25, 2002, hired and assigned Thompson to work at the Oceanaire condominium complex in Santa Monica (Oceanaire), one of Leedom's customers. Leedom is a California corporation which provides unarmed, uniformed, private security guard services throughout California. Accordingly, the trial court granted Leedom summary judgment. The trial court also found that Thompson's evidence in support of his racial harassment claim failed to create a triable issue of material fact. Regarding Thompson's racial discrimination and retaliation claims, the trial court found that Leedom established that it had legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for terminating Thompson and that Thompson had failed to create a triable issue whether Leedom's reasons were pretextual. (Leedom) 1 for racial harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Thompson appeals from a summary judgment in his action against his former employer, Leedom Security Service, Inc. Very, very cool person and pilot.Not to be Published in the Official Reports Keith had no attitude like some of the others and took time to welcome newbies. Mike Mangheld and Keith were competition pilots and competition skydivers-the only ones who did both. He is less than 6' from the propeller hanging off of the wing when the plane is upside-down. He didn't fly under the bridge-that was Jurgis-but he is an amazing pilot and the skydiving picture is unbelievable. ![]() I think he was the only American to fly in the Paris show and he did it in a communist Sukhoi plane. He flew the Sukhoi at a Paris show and the video is amazing. If you ever saw him tumble or torque roll the Su-31 with the smoke on, it was amazing. What he did in competition was nothing-you needed to see him train in Las Vegas or California-it was awesome. I ran into Keith at VGT in 2009, he was flying a Citation now and he remembered me. He is a great pilot and was very nice to beginners. He calls the van nuys airport "his church". To be a skydiver and a competition pilot like that takes tremendous dedication adn courage and talent! Whenver I am in CA and at van nuys airport- I look for Keith- he is very well known there by everyone. It takes your breath away to see him hanging from an inverted plane and so close to the propeller. ![]() I saw that picture of him hanging off of the wing of the Pitts. So many pilots who do what Keith does have died. My son still talks about seeing Keith fly, but he talks more about the time Keith spent with him answering all those questions when it was over 100 degrees! All this from a total stranger. He was very hot and tired, but spent the time with us.Īs good a pilot as Keith is, and he is incredible, he is an even nicer and very generous person. He had just flown 3 sequences at about +10 and -8 G's, yet he took almost 30 minutes to take pictures with my 13 year old son and to answer questions about that amazing plane and the maneuvers he was working on. We talked to him at Van Nuys airport once. Pretty ballsy and even scary to watch-but beautiful, too. He loved the Russian planes and could tumble them tail-over-nose at about 1,000 feet. ![]() I saw him do unbelievable things in the Sukhoi 37. The flying in there is nice, but if you have ever seen Keith Leedom fly, he flies much harder in training and air shows.
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