The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived an employment discrimination case brought by a former marketing director at SmithAmundsen against the firm and two executives.
On Wednesday, a unanimous panel reversed rulings made by Northern District of Illinois Judge John Darrah. Darrah had found that statements allegedly made by the firm’s human resources director were not admissible. Based on that finding, he granted the defendants’ summary judgment motion on Laura Makowski’s claims under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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