Legal Opinion
Debi Eyerman v. Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1992No. 91-3083, 91-3690PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a former high-ranking participant in the defendant’s cosmetics marketing program, appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment against her handicap discrimination and breach of contract claims. We affirm.
I
The defendant, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. (MKC), sells its products through a 170,-000-strong force of salespersons organized into a pyramidal structure. The salespersons earn commissions and prizes on their sales and the sales of those they recruit into their personal pyramids. Entry-level salespersons, known as beauty…
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