OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2005--Legal Precedent Already Exists in Favor of Plaintiffs with Erickson V. Bartell Drug Co.
Two female plaintiffs, one from Missouri and another from Idaho, won an important preliminary victory late today when the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska granted plaintiffs' motion for multi-state class action status in the Union Pacific Railroad Employment Practices Litigation. The ruling makes this the first case for prescription contraception coverage to be certified as a federal multi-state class action.
The plaintiffs are current and former Union Pacific employees who allege Union Pacific's decision to exclude prescription contraception coverage in its health plans for unionized employees is sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII is the nation's foremost law against race and sex discrimination in employment.
