Lacrosse Coach Can’t Use Sex Stereotyping Expert in Bias Lawsuit

Colorado Mesa University blocked its women’s lacrosse coach from presenting evidence on gender bias and stereotyping within the context of sport organizations to prove she was fired because she’s a South Asian woman.

The ruling Monday by the US District Court for the District of Colorado concerns when testimony from someone with an expertise in a subject area can be used in job discrimination cases, an issue on which courts can disagree.

Shanta Loecker proposed calling Laura Burton as an expert witness in Loecker’s Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments ...