STATE, ETC. v. PIERRE IND. SCH. DIST. NO. 1

No. 12392.

272 N.W.2d 306 (1978)

STATE of South Dakota, Commission on Human Rights, ex rel. Nancy WEBB, Appellant, v. PIERRE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 and Time Insurance Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

December 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Scully, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellant; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., B. Elizabeth Godtland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Harold H. Deering of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, for respondent Pierre Ind. School Dist.

Robert C. Riter, Jr., of Riter, Mayer, Hofer & Riter, Pierre, for respondent Time Ins. Co.


ANDERST, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court which reversed an order of the Human Rights Commission (Commission). The Commission concluded that excluding benefits for pregnancy and pregnancy-related disabilities under a single plan coverage of group health insurance and treating pregnancy differently from other temporary disabilities constitute illegal sex discrimination under the South Dakota Human Relations Act of 1972 (SDCL 20...

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