A former Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice employee is claiming that she was wrongfully terminated by the firm in 2011.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit [PDF] in North Carolina federal court on Wednesday on behalf of Charlesetta Jennings, a former office assistant in the Winston-Salem headquarters of Womble Carlyle. The suit claims Jennings was dismissed by the firm in August 2011 because a disability she developed as a result of previous breast cancer treatments prevented her from lifting heavy objects.
