Regina SHEEHAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONLEN CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant

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• holding that statement that woman was fired so she could “spend more time at home with her children” was direct evidence of discrimination on the basis of pregnancy
• holding that statement that woman was fired so she could \spend more time at home with her children\ was direct evidence of discrimination on the basis of pregnancy
• holding that defendant failed to meet their burden by showing there was a policy against the conduct “[i]n absence of further evidence that the policy actually would have been applied”
• observing that “isolated comments may constitute direct evidence of discrimination” if “causally related to the discharge decision making process”
• noting that person making discriminatory remarks had authority over plaintiff, that his remarks were contemporaneous with her firing, and that his remarks were related to his motivation for the decision
• finding that a reasonable jury might conclude that a statement to a pregnant woman that she is being fired so she could “spend more time at home with her children” constitutes gender discrimination

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