Legal Opinion

Caplan v. L Brands/Victoria's Secret Stores, LLC

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided September 28, 2016No. Civil Case No. 14-1021PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Conti, Chief United States District Judge

I. Introduction

This dispute arises out of the termination of the employment of Mindy Caplan (“Caplan” or “plaintiff’) by her employer, L Brands/Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC (‘‘VSS” or “defendant”). At the time of her termination, Caplan was a VSS district manager. Caplan claims that VSS terminated her employment in retaliation for needing and taking time off work to attend to the medical needs of her child and herself and for opposing racial discrimination in society. Caplan also accuses VSS of interfering with her right to take medical leave…

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