Court Revives Woman’s Sex Bias Claim Against US Postal Service

A US Postal Service worker can pursue a sex discrimination claim tied to one of two promotions she was denied, a federal appeals court said.

There is a genuine dispute of material fact about why the agency didn’t choose Elizabeth Warner to run its Somersworth, New Hampshire, post office, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled Thursday.

The appeals court reversed and remanded the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the employer on that claim, but affirmed the lower court’s ruling against Warner on her ...