Legal Opinion
Jennifer Hitchcock v. Angel Corps Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 11, 2013No. 12-3515PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Jennifer Hitchcock alleges that Angel Corps, a home care agency, fired her because she was pregnant, in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Angel Corps proffered multiple explanations for why Hitchcock was fired, all revolving around a bizarre incident involving the death of a 100-year-old potential client. After both parties consented to adjudication of the matter before the magistrate, he granted Angel Corps’s motion for summary judgment. We find that this was error. Hitchcock submitted evidence that the supervisor who fired her expressed animus…
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