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Woman sues over perfume exposure
Tales of the really, really sensitive...
A WOMAN has filed a lawsuit against the US city of Norwalk for exposure to her colleagues' perfumes and colognes, alleging officials have failed to lessen her exposure to such scents in the town clerk's office and that she is being harassed. The suit's filing was reported by The Advocate newspaper in Connecticut, which said that plaintiff Linda Gorman was also seeking lotsa money an unspecified amount of monetary damages and lawyer's fees.

According to the suit, Gorman's problems started in March 2002, when Town Clerk Andrew Garfunkel hired a temporary staffer whose choice of perfume made Gorman ill. Garfunkel issued a memo asking employees not to wear perfumes or colognes, but later amended his policy to state that trendy scents, as well as body lotions and detergents, could be used in moderation as long as they could not be detected within 1.6 metres of Gorman. The temporary hire no longer works at the Norwalk town clerk's office, but in October 2002, another employee was hired who also liked to sport perfume. The aromas are so strong to Gorman she has to take daily shots of prescription allergy medicines as well as allergy shots, her lawsuit claimed. Gorman also alleges that Garfunkel gave her negative performance reviews despite her above average performance, delayed her overtime payments, and deliberately moved her work station to further provoke
Posted by: Fred 2005-03-02
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=57776