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CHADWICK v. WELLPOINT, INC.

Civil No. 07-70-P-H.

550 F.Supp.2d 140 (2008)

Laurie CHADWICK, Plaintiff v. WELLPOINT, INC. and Anthem Health Plans of Maine, Inc.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

May 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Webbert, Matthew Sherburne Keegan, Elizabeth L.J. Burnett, Johnson & Webbert, LLP, Augusta, ME, for Plaintiff.

Margaret C. LePage, William P. Saxe, Pierce, Atwood LLP, Portland, ME, for Defendants.

ORDER AFFIRMING RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This is a case charging sex discrimination. Federal law prohibits sex discrimination in employment. Federal law does not prohibit discrimination based on an employee's parental obligations (sometimes called caregiver discrimination). But if an employer treats such caregivers differently according to sexual stereotypes, then the practice

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