An attorney who had technical problems filing documents in federal court before starting treatment for a recurrence of cancer has shown excusable neglect to justify his motion for leave to file a statement of additional material facts in his client’s gender and age discrimination suit, a district judge in Maine concluded this week.
The plaintiff, Rinda Tucker, sued her former employer, Lantmännen Unibake USA Inc., a food distribution business, for allegedly discriminating against her due to her age and gender. Last September, Lantmännen filed its motion for summary judgment and statement of material facts. Tucker’s attorney, Guy Loranger of the Law Office of Guy D. Loranger in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, filed responses on behalf of his client that October.
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