Opinion

Franklin Manufacturing Co. v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission

  • 270 N.W.2d 829
  • 30 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 380
  • 18 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 8666
  • 1978 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 984
Court
Supreme Court of Iowa
Filed
Oct 18, 1978
Status
Published
Author
Harris
On the bench
Legrand, Harris, Allbee, McGiverin, Larson
Cited by
20 cases
Authority
More cited than 13.1%

rejecting a group insurance plan that did not cover pregnancy because it was not an illness or injury

How later courts described this case

  • rejecting a group insurance plan that did not cover pregnancy because it was not an illness or injury
  • ICRA protection against sex discrimination extends to employer’s insurance plan excluding disabilities arising out of pregnancy, even though Title VII does not
  • employer’s group insurance plan violative of state sex discrimination laws

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

*835 HARRIS, Justice

(dissenting).

In accordance with the views expressed in my dissent in Quaker Oats Co. v. Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission, 268 N.W.2d 862, 868 (Iowa 1978), I respectfully dissent. I would affirm the trial court.

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