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"Heavy case"
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Heavy case A woman who was refused a job by Xerox Corp. on the ground that she was too fat at 249 pounds won a discrimination case against the company in New York this week. In a 5-1 ruling, the Court of Appeals said the company had no right to deny Catherine McDermott a job as a systems analyst in 1974 because a company physician had diagnosed her condition as "gross obesity." McDermott, 67, pursued her case through the courts for years, writing her own legal briefs without the aid of an attorney, and said her major expenses were "Xeroxing costs" and postage. She said she didn't know what she might receive for back pay and other benefits as a result of the ruling but estimated it would be more than $100,000. Xerox attorneys had argued the company was concerned with potential impairments that McDermott might develop. [photo to right]
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Heavy case A woman who was refused a job by Xerox Corp. on the ground that she was too fat at 249 pounds won a discrimination case against the company in New York this week. In a 5-1 ruling, the Court of Appeals said the company had no right to deny Catherine McDermott a job as a systems analyst in 1974 because a company physician had diagnosed her condition as "gross obesity." McDermott, 67, pursued her case through the courts for years, writing her own legal briefs without the aid of an attorney, and said her major expenses were "Xeroxing costs" and postage. She said she didn't know what she might receive for back pay and other benefits as a result of the ruling but estimated it would be more than $100,000. Xerox attorneys had argued the company was concerned with potential impairments that McDermott might develop. [photo to right]
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