Legal Opinion
Tovar v. Essentia Health
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided May 11, 2016No. Civ. No. 16-100 (RHK/LIB)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RICHARD H. KYLE, United States District Judge
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Brittany Tovar commenced this action after her son, a beneficiary under her employer-sponsored health insurance policy, was denied coverage for gender reassignment services and surgery. She alleges her employer, Defendants Essentia Health and Innovis Health, LLC, d/b/a Essentia Health West (collectively, “Es-sentia”),1 violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (“Title VII”), and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn. Stat. § 363A.01 et seq. (“MHRA”), by excluding…
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