Legal Opinion
Patterson v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 24, 2009No. 08-CA-1297PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARION F. EDWARDS, Judge.
|2On April 21, 2005, Katira M. Patterson (“Patterson”) filed a Petition for Damages against FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx”), alleging that she had been employed as a package handler since 1999, then as a delivery administrator in April 2003. The administrative position did not require heavy lifting. Patterson averred that her supervisor began subjecting her to unequal disciplinary actions and that she received disparate treatment because she is African-American. Patterson was placed on medical leave by her physician in 2004 and required surgery. Since her…
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