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In reply to the discussion: Iowa Court: Bosses Can Fire 'Irresistible' (attractive female) Workers [View all]ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)16. I adressed that too.
I said that I didn't like that she was fired.
All of the words in my post were meant to go together. Similarly, I assume the first sentence of your post, " b)y ending the career of someone else", provides context for the second sentence of your post, " r)ight, got it."
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Iowa Court: Bosses Can Fire 'Irresistible' (attractive female) Workers [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2012
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And what you meant says that the Dentist was weak willed as he had to get rid of the
cui bono
Dec 2012
#24
If he was really concerned about preserving his marriage, he would have attempted to fire her before
EOTE
Dec 2012
#8
What a despicable ruling (and a despicable dentist). If this court decision is in any
petronius
Dec 2012
#15
Good God. What is the affirmative defense against something like this?
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2012
#29
In law school we learned about the "attractive nuisance", but not this.
Manifestor_of_Light
Dec 2012
#33
maybe the court tried to squeeze this in under the alienation of affection laws
R B Garr
Dec 2012
#35
Isn't this the justification that fundamentalist Muslims use for requiring burqas?
Piazza Riforma
Dec 2012
#36
does anyone else here remember that, when we were fighting to get the ERA--we were told that
niyad
Dec 2012
#37
did the woman suddenly have plastic surgery? an extreme makeover? she worked there for ten
niyad
Dec 2012
#40
We had a guy ask that a new woman be fired because his wife didn't want them travelling together
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Dec 2012
#41