Secretary Required to Wear Heals. Trips. Sues.
Denise Fitzhenry, a former secretary from Detroit, Michigan, filed a lawsuit against the law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn. At this office, it was required for all secretaries to wear high heals. During one day of work, Fitzhenry tripped after her heal got caught in the carpet. In result, she hurt her back and needed surgery. She left work under the Family and Medical Leave Act, but when she came back, her employer refused to give her disability. Then she needed another surgery and when she came back to work, her new assignment furthered her injury. With one final leave, Fitzhenry returned to work, in which she found out that the firm had no open positions for her.
If I were in Fitzhenry's position, I would have sued the law firm, too. She was injured due to a work-related dress-code in the workplace. She did not hurt herself on purpose and is guaranteed disability because of the Family and Medical Leave Act. I believe that Fitzhenry deserves to win this case. In addition, the firm should be sued even more money because they had no job positions for Fitzhenry when she returned to work.
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