Winn-Dixie Fights Off Former Manager’s Disability Bias Claims

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. secured a pretrial end to a lawsuit alleging it subjected a former manager to a hostile work environment based on her weight-related disability, a federal judge said.

The worker unreasonably waited at least 11 months to internally report her supervisor’s alleged fatphobic harassment, so the supermarket chain is entitled to an affirmative defense and a summary judgment ruling in its favor, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida said Tuesday.

Plaintiff Sandra Fetzko worked for Winn-Dixie for more than two decades, most recently as the manager of the bakery and deli sections at a ...