Pregnancy Discrimination Claim Can Advance to Trial for FedEx Employee, Demonstrated ‘Adverse Impact’ Under Pregnancy Discrimination Act

A former FedEx employee's “disparate impact” claim can advance to trial under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The plaintiff, Cassandra Adduci, began working at the Memphis hub for FedEx on January 6th, 2014. She was promoted to the position of Material Handler on August 17th, 2014. Per company policy, her duties included loading and unloading aircraft,...