Legal Opinion
Hall v. Nalco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 2008No. 06-3684PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Cheryl Hall maintains she was fired by Nalco Company for taking time off from work to undergo in vitro fertilization after' being diagnosed with infertility. She filed this suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”), alleging her termination constituted discrimination on the basis of sex. Without reaching the merits of her claim, the district court granted summary judgment for Nalco on the ground that Hall could not prove sex discrimination because infertility is a gender-neutral condition.
We reverse. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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