Suit says missing smile cost job at Sam's Club

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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