Lawyer Advances Claim Pregnancy Led to Hostile Work Environment

A Milling Benson Woodward LLP associate who said a partner frequently made comments about how her pregnancy would change her breasts will have one of her two hostile work environment claims heard by a jury, a Louisiana federal court ruled.

Jenna Fugarino presented sufficient evidence to create fact disputes that must be weighed by a jury, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled Tuesday. It denied MBW summary judgment on her hostile work environment claim, but granted the firm summary judgment on the retaliatory hostile work environment claim because it’s not a cause of action recognized ...