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April 14, 2003

Summary: Retaliation and pregnancy discrimination. Plaintiff was a pregnant woman who worked as a Traffic Control Officer at the airport. Her duties included dispatching cabs from a cab a lot when passenger called from the terminals.

She filed two sexual harassment complaints with the city citing the behavior of two cab drivers who were not city employees. Plaintiff was terminated at the end of her 6-month probationary period allegedly for attendance and performance issues.