United States Sixth Circuit

In a Title VII action brought against an employer claiming that plaintiff was terminated because she was pregnant, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) the district court erred in holding that plaintiff needed to present evidence beyond a nexus between her pregnancy and the adverse employment decision to satisfy the Barnes additional-evidence requirement, and plaintiff established a prima facie case; and 2) plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to show that the reasons defendant gave for her termination were pretextual.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2006
• Published 12/18/2006

Judges

• Before:  MOORE, GRIFFIN, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  John S. Marshall, Marshall & Morrow, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  John F. Welsh, Bello, Black & Welsh, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  John S. Marshall, Louis A. Jacobs, Marshall & Morrow, Columbus, Ohio, Michael Roy Szolosi, Sr., McNamara & McNamara, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  John F. Welsh, Bello, Black & Welsh, Boston, Massachusetts, Charles C. Warner, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.