NEWSOME v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:19-cv-05590

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Employment

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

MICHAEL M. BAYLSON

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  1. October 27, 2022

    Philly Cop's Breastfeeding Bias Action Gets Green Light

    A cop's suit claiming the city of Philadelphia failed to provide officers time or private space to pump breast milk can move forward as a collective action, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, though he limited the class to nursing moms instead of all female officers.

  2. December 14, 2021

    Philly Fights Collective Cert. Bid In Breastfeeding Bias Suit

    The city of Philadelphia urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to deny a former police officer's bid to represent a collective of breastfeeding cops who claim they were not provided with a private space to pump, saying the proposed collective is too broad.

  3. July 06, 2021

    Philly Sees Ex-Cop's Breastfeeding Bias Suit Trimmed

    The city of Philadelphia can escape retaliation and aiding and abetting claims in a proposed collective action but not claims that it discriminated against breastfeeding police officers and violated federal laws by not adequately providing a private space to pump, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  4. November 13, 2020

    Philly Can't Shake Off Cop's Breastfeeding Bias Lawsuit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has refused to toss a proposed collective action by a Philadelphia police officer who says the city violated federal wage and discrimination laws by failing to give breastfeeding officers a private space to pump at work.