Legal Opinion
Pollard v. Wawa Food Market
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 2005No. 2:04-cv-02482PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiff Brenda Pollard (“Pollard”) filed this class action suit against defendants Wawa Food Market and Wawa Incorporated (collectively, “Wawa”) alleging that Wawa applies an unlawful criminal conviction policy in its employment decisions. Pollard was terminated 1 pursuant to this policy when a criminal background check revealed that Pollard possessed more than one previous criminal conviction. Her complaint includes four causes of action: 1) violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.2000e et seq.…
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