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Article

30 Oct 2013

Author:
Chris Roberts, NBC (USA)

Lucasfilm Pregnancy Discrimination Suit Settles Out of Court [USA]

A high-profile, lengthy and "bitterly-fought" pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed against Lucasfilm [part of Walt Disney]…has been settled out of court…Julie Veronese…filed the suit four years ago, after she says she was denied a promised job when she became pregnant…Lucasfilm attorneys responded with the claim that Veronese…had a bad "attitude" and tried to "conceal" her pregnancy…A Marin jury ruled in her favor -- saying that Lucasfilm committed "pregnancy discrimination, failure to prevent pregnancy discrimination and wrongful termination" -- in 2010…An appeals court last year reversed the verdict, and the state Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal…