Omni Builders Risk, Inc. v. Bennett

Branch, Judge.

These companion appeals mark the second appearance of this dispute before us. Plaintiff Lori Bennett brought a discrimination charge before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) against her ex-employer, Omni Builders Risk, Inc. (“Omni”), on the ground that Bennett had been terminated because she had become pregnant. After an effort at mediation, Bennett sued Omni to enforce a settlement agreement allegedly reached there and also sued James Dillard, Omni’s president and majority shareholder, for fraudulent inducement because he allegedly induced her to participate…