Family responsibility discrimination reexamined
In March, we wrote about a case based on a theory that's been getting a lot of attention since the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance on it about a year ago. We'd actually already written about the Chadwick v. Wellpoint, Inc., case when it first came before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine and Wellpoint tried to convince the court to dismiss Laurie Chadwick's complaint because it didn't state a legal claim. The court refused to do that. Later, after the parties had completed their investigation of the complaint and gathered all of their evidence, Wellpoint asked the court to rule in its favor without the need for trial. This time, a magistrate judge considered the case and recommended that the court grant Wellpoint's request. That recommendation had to be reviewed by a district court judge, who could affirm or reverse it. Read More...
