LEADING VITAMIN MANUFACTURER WINS PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION CASE

August 4, 2005 Syosset, New York

Simmons, Jannace & Stagg, L.L.P. recently won partial summary judgment in a case filed by a terminated employee alleging pregnancy discrimination. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that she was terminated from her position after telling her supervisor that she had become pregnant. The firm filed a motion for summary judgment and argued that there was no evidence that the employer knew that she was pregnant at the time of her termination. We were able to demonstrate that the decision concerning her termination had been made months prior to her disclosure to the supervisor. The Court agreed and dismissed two of plaintiff's claims.

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