Brinkman v. Nasseff Mechanical Contractors Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD H. KYLE, United States District Judge

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Kimberly Brinkman has worked as a sprinkler, fitter in the construction industry for nearly twenty years. In this action, she alleges that her union, Defendant Local Union # 417 (the “Union”), and a construction company for which she performed union work, Defendant Nasseff Mechanical Contractors Inc. (“Nasseff’),1 discriminated against her on account of her gender and retaliated against her when she complained, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. §…