Wal-Mart Discrimination Class Action Suit Continues

Scott Smith

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A class action against Wal-Mart for major gender discrimination continued in the Northern District of California's courtroom with Judge Martin Jenkins that affects approximately 2 million female employees.

Judge Jenkins ruled for the first time in three years the Plaintiffs would be permitted to take the depositions of former Wal-Mart Executive Thomas Coughlan, III who was second in command at Wal-Mart and Vice Chairman of the Board until he left the company in 2005. Inasmuch as Mr. Coughlan apparently was in failing health, it became necessary to preserve his testimony and conduct his deposition, the Plaintiff lawyers argued. Consequently, the Order from Judge Jenkins signals progress in pursuing the litigation against Wal-Mart and appears to end Wal-Mart's attempt to thwart Plaintiffs' right to discover the basis for the discrimination.