Legal Opinion
Regina SHEEHAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONLEN CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1999No. 98-1020, 98-1095PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Regina Sheehan was five months pregnant with her third child when she was fired by her employer, Donlen Corporation (“Donlen”), leading to this lawsuit under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 42 U .S.C. § 2000e(k). Donlen is a family-owned business with about 100 employees that leases vehicles to corporate clients. Sheehan was hired in July 1991. She had previously worked for some other employers, but had not reported them all on her résumé or application to Donlen.
A year after she started, Sheehan became pregnant with her first child. Don-len did not then have an…
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