Richardson v. Northwest Christian University

OPINION AND ORDER

AIKEN, Judge:

This is the unusual employment discrimination case in which the facts are largely undisputed. Plaintiff Goty Richardson was employed by defendant Northwest Christian University as a professor of exercise science. When she became pregnant, plaintiff informed defendant in order to coordinate her maternity leave. After defendant confirmed plaintiff was unmarried, it offered her three choices: stop living with the father of her child, marry the father of her child, or lose her job. Plaintiff refused the first two options, and defendant fired her. Plaintiff then filed…