Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Blog - Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis LLP

The people who claim that our courts are swamped with lawsuits always forget how many people there are who could file lawsuits, but don't.

Consider the case of Jamy Spradlin, a corporate jet pilot. After working for the same company for eight years, she told her manager that, although she had been a man, she was going to become a woman. Within two hours, she was put on administrative leave. Four days later, the company asked for her resignation. Although she was obviously a victim of workplace discrimination, she decided not to file a lawsuit, since she was not in a position to take on a legal battle during her gender transition, and the laws in Texas, where she lived, were unfriendly to transgendered people.

However, the discrimination did not stop with her former employer. During her transition period, her pilot's license had expired, but when she went to renew, the Federal Aviation Administration medical examiner made her certify her mental health before they would restore her license. In fact, she had to undergo an extensive battery of psychological testing that cost $1400. The claim is that transgender people suffer from "potentially associated medical psychiatric conditions." But the FAA cannot point to a single case of transgender pilot who ever lost a license as a result of such conditions.

Now that she has her license has been renewed, she plans to fight for awareness, fairness, and new policies at the FAA.

The truth is that transgendered people face a great deal of workplace discrimination. If you have lost a job as a result of your sex, gender, race, or age, contact the experienced workplace discrimination lawyers at Pomerantz, Perlberger, and Lewis, LLP today for a free initial consultation.