Legal Opinion
Lapoint v. Orthodontics
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 5, 2017No. A15-0396PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Gildea, C.J.
The question presented in this case is whether appellant, Family Orthodontics, P.A., discriminated against respondent Nicole LaPoint. LaPoint applied for a job with Family Orthodontics and Family Orthodontics’ owner, Dr. Angela Ross, offered LaPoint a job as an orthodontic assistant. After LaPoint told Dr. Ross that she was pregnant, and they discussed the amount of leave available for LaPoint’s pregnancy, Family Orthodontics rescinded its job offer. LaPoint sued Family Orthodontics for sex discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), Minn. Stat. §…
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