Suit says missing smile cost job at Sam's Club

[losdiablosgato]

Suit says missing smile cost job at Sam's Club
Molly Beavers, whose face is partly paralyzed, is seeking an apology and compensation for lost wages.
By JENNIFER LIBERTO, Times Staff Writer
Published June 14, 2005

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Molly S. Beavers, 49, helps with the laundry Monday at the home of her friend Bonnie Self, 56, where Beavers is living in Pinellas Park. After working for Sam's Club and its predecessor, Pace, since 1984, Beavers says she was fired because she didn't smile enough. Her face was partly paralyzed from surgery related to her condition as an achondroplastic dwarf. Beavers has sued Wal-Mart in federal court under the Americans With Disabilities Act and has joined a class-action discrimination suit.
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Beavers says that Sam's Club discriminated against her by firing her after knowing of her condition and failing to accommodate her. She wants an apology and some compensation for the two years she's been unemployed. She is involved in a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart.
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ST. PETERSBURG - Molly Beavers lost her smile early on in her 19-year career of pushing food samples and collecting grocery carts she could barely see over.

Her scowl may have cost her the job.
http://sptimes.com/2005/06/14/Tampabay/Suit_says_missing_smi.shtml

[SoCalDem]

1. Real truth.. They "fired' her because she was 'embarrassing' to look at

and they were uncomfortable to have her there...the ADA prevented them from doing it, so they invented another way.:puke:

[medeak]

2. she filed workman's compensation for fall... big no no

She said her problems at work began earlier in 2003, when she tripped in a produce aisle drainage hole and fell to the ground. Her demonstration cart and microwave oven toppled over on her, she said.

Beavers filed a workers' compensation claim. Sam's Club did not process the claim nor pay for treatment, the federal complaint states.

Although Beavers recovered, back problems lingered. When she asked to sit on a stool while working, her manager would not allow it, the lawsuit states.

[warrens]

3. They are going to lose this one SO bad

What were they THINKING? Good lord, it's like they have meetings every night planning things to make themselves look like thugs.

[losdiablosgato]

4. Yes, next question.

[meganmonkey]

5. Oh my fricking goodness

What a fucked up, sad story...

[area51]

6. Question

Jennifer Liberto? Is she the person who tried to expose bartcop & the person(s) behind mediawhoresonline.com, & when caught, swore she was leaving the reporting business (or am I thinking of someone else)?

[Roland99]

8. Good catch

http://www.bartcop.com/salonwhore.htm

[LeftyMom]

9. apparently so

http://www.bartcop.com/salonwhore.htm

[soup]

11. So this Is the same woman???

and she now works at one of my favorite newspapers?

This may be good to know for future reference.

[LeftyMom]

12. I don't know if it's the same woman

but it seems somewhat more likely than two journalists using using the same name.

[AtLiberty]

7. Let me get this straight...

First, she's an achondroplastic dwarf.

Then, she was left partially paralyzed by medical malpractice.

Then, she was fired from her job because of her condition.

Wal-Mart would do well to compensate this woman generously rather than allow this story to receive any more publicity.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. Do you think it's just barely possible that this woman is protected....

...under the "Americans with Disabilities Act"? Do you think anyone at Sam's bothered to talk with this woman before they handed her a winning lotto ticket?