Legal Opinion
Spann v. Abraham
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 5, 1999PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, Jr., Judge.
This appeal involves a pregnancy discrimination claim asserted by an employee of. a Nashville pizza restaurant. After refusing to accept a temporary reassignment requested by her employer, the employee quit her job and filed suit, alleging that her employer had discriminated against her in violation of the Tennessee Human Rights Act. The Chancery Court for Davidson County granted the employer’s motion for directed verdict at the close of the employee’s proof after concluding that she had not made out a prima facie case for disparate treatment because of her…
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