EEOC Female Manager’s Suit Over Promotion Ends in Mistrial (1)

A Louisiana federal judge declared a mistrial on Monday in a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by a female acting field director denied promotion to the permanent position, her lawyer said.

The Title VII of the 1964 Civil Right Act suit challenged the agency’s decision to hire a male candidate with less experience than Uma Kandan when filling the New Orleans field director opening. US Magistrate Judge Eva J. Dossier had denied summary judgment in September, ruling that a jury could find the EEOC’s explanation for selecting a Black man with extensive military experience, but short ...