Castro v. Tx Direct, LLC (Tenn. App. 2013)

The plaintiff worked at-will as a sales representative for the defendant. Shortly after she started working there, she discovered that she was pregnant and informed her supervisor. Shortly after that, her supervisor informed her that her yearly salary would be halved, allegedly because she had failed to meet sales quotas. When she contacted the CEO (with whom she had interviewed) about her pay reduction, her supervisor informed her that it was inappropriate to go over his head. After renegotiating the terms of her employment, her employment was then terminated, for allegedly failing to meet sales quotas. She filed suit in the Shelby County Chancery Court for of sex and pregnancy discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the employer. On appeal, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee reversed in part, and remanded the case, holding that it was not established if there were any similarly situated male employees treated more favorably than the plaintiff.

Topics

• Employment discrimination
• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• North America
• United States
• Tennessee

Keywords

• anti-discrimination law
• pregnancy discrimination
• equal opportunity

Year

• 2013

External URL

• Castro v. Tx Direct, LLC (Tenn. App. 2013)

Court

• Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• Tennessee