Robin Johal v. Little Lady Foods, Inc.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Robin Johal, who was born Rabinder Sandhu in India in 1952, emigrated to the United States when she was a teenager. By all accounts, she did quite well once she got here, graduating with a B.S. degree in food science and technology from the University of Washington in 1977. She and her husband, Paul Johal, have three children, and the oldest is a student at the University of Chicago’s medical school. But to this nice story, a little unpleasantness in the workplace — at least she thinks so — has emerged. And that unpleasantness gives rise to this case.

Robin…