GM Denied Pretrial Win in Worker’s Sex Bias, Retaliation Lawsuit

Generals Motors LLC failed to show a female Tennessee plant worker’s testimony undercut her claims that she was denied a stationary engineer job because of her sex and bias complaint to her union.

Shelly Varner was asked during her deposition why she believes two male co-workers who got stationary engineer positions she sought were less qualified than her, and she responded that they had less seniority. That didn’t mean Varner, who had been a journeyperson for more than 20 years, would be unable to convince a jury she was qualified to be a stationary engineer, the US District Court for ...