• Bloomberg Businessweek that yesterday in Miami, US District Judge Robert N. Scola dismissed "class-action claims in a regional gender discrimination lawsuit filed by women who were formerly part of a nationwide lawsuit against the world’s largest retailer," saying that "governing law in the appellate circuit in which his court is located prohibits the filing of a second class action if the time to do so expired while the prior case was pending."
The case was filed last year after the US Supreme Court ruled that a national class action gender discrimination suit against Walmart did not rise to the level of being a class action. Since then, more localized suits have been filed against Walmart on the same grounds, but it appears that none of them have yet been successful.
The case was filed last year after the US Supreme Court ruled that a national class action gender discrimination suit against Walmart did not rise to the level of being a class action. Since then, more localized suits have been filed against Walmart on the same grounds, but it appears that none of them have yet been successful.
- KC's View:
- I'm not a lawyer, so I have no real idea, but this all sounds perfectly legal to me. Not sure it sounds like justice, but that, apparently, is a different issue, as issues of technicalities and timing prevent from the case from actually being heard.
