Darlene GUSE Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant

PELL, Circuit Judge.

This is a sex discrimination class action seeking “relief from unlawful practices and policies of the defendant with respect to female employees who are disabled from performing their assigned duties by reason of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, childbirth, or recovery therefrom.” The district court determined that the uncontested failure of the defendant company to provide the • same benefits and compensations to such employees as it provides to employees with disabilities and/or medical expenses due to other causes was a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…