Judge allows civil suit over co-worker's perfume

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Judge allows civil suit over co-worker's perfume

 

The Associated Press

11/27/2008 07:51:27 AM MST

_http://www.denverpost.com/watercooler/ci_11087793_

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DETROIT---A federal judge says a Detroit city employee can proceed with

a civil suit claiming she couldn't work because of a co-worker's strong

perfume.

 

The Detroit News says U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff determined Susan

McBride has a potential claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

 

The city is asking to have the suit dismissed.

 

McBride says she's severely sensitive to perfumes and other cosmetics.

She says the perfume worn by a co-worker in the city's Planning Department

made it difficult for her to breathe.

 

She says the co-worker also used a plugged in room deodorizer.

 

The suit says the co-worker later agreed to stop using the room deodorizer

but kept using perfume.

 

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Information from: The Detroit News, _http://www.detnews.com_

(http://www.detnews.com/)

 

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