Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Louisiana

gender discrimination

I am a self-employed, female and

Native American construction

contractor. My husband handles the

business, mostly, but at a business

meeting I attended with him today, I

believe a discriminatory comment

was made that I may be able to

pursue legally. The prime contractor

that we are doing some work for,

after a heated discussion, said,''And

so who brings their wife to a business

meeting, anyway?'' He had never

met me before and did not know that

I actually own the company-- not my

husband. And we believe that the

outcome of the meeting was altered

because of my gender and

attendance at the meeting. Could I

pursue this legally? (There were only

four people in the meeting: Myself,

my husband, and the two men from

the prime contracting company.)

Thank you for any expertise and

advice.


Asked on 4/08/09, 10:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Adam Lambert The Law Office of Adam S. Lambert

Re: gender discrimination

You can't sue a company for sexual harassment or discrimination if you don't work for that company. The contractor may be a jerk, but I don't see anything which could hold him liable. I would let it go and simply refuse to do business with his company in the future.

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Answered on 4/15/09, 3:34 pm


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