Posted on 12/23/2012 9:26:45 PM PST by NKP_Vet
After working as a dental assistant for ten years, Melissa Nelson was fired for being too "irresistible" and a "threat" to her employer's marriage.
"I think it is completely wrong," Nelson said. "I think it is sending a message that men can do whatever they want in the work force."
On Friday, the all-male Iowa State Supreme Court ruled that James Knight, Nelson's boss, was within his legal rights when he fired her, affirming the decision of a lower court.
"We do think the Iowa Supreme Court got it completely right," said Stuart Cochrane, an attorney for James Knight. "Our position has always been Mrs. Nelson was never terminated because of her gender, she was terminated because of concerns her behavior was not appropriate in the workplace. She's an attractive lady. Dr. Knight found her behavior and dress to be inappropriate."
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Dentist had the hots for his dental assistant. His wife finds out about it and the dental assistant is fired.
"Dr. Knight acknowledges he once told Nelson that if she saw his pants bulging, she would know her clothing was too revealing," the justices wrote.
"Nelson recalled one text she received from her boss asking "how often she experienced an orgasm."
Poor gal. I think I might be able to find a position for her.
"Nelson recalled one text she received from her boss asking "how often she experienced an orgasm."
How is this NOT sexual harassment? This woman needs a better legal representation than what she has now.
I think a counter lawsuit for hostile work environment is her her future. Hope she wins a million and I hope the henpecked dentist who takes orders from his wife goes bankrupt.
Looks like a blockhead...ohhhhh...she’s the one on the left.
Dr. Knight's mother raised a pig, not a man. Nelson is lucky to escape from that situation before she was assaulted.
What if he pulled out the wrong drill and then filled the wrong cavity? Hmmmmmmm
Happens to me all the time.
I haven’t worked in 3 years. Although the fact that’s how long I’ve been retired may have a little to do with it.
I am sooo not going there. . .
Methinks she has some delusions there, and maybe inadvertently triggered jealousy in the spouse, not from hotness, but from proximity.
Where is Gloria Allred when you ned her.
HaHaHa maybe the Dentist is a Republican
OTOH, if she's good at her job, there ought to be other positions available for her to find.
Or maybe she should look for a woman dentist next time for a boss.
OTOH, if she's good at her job, there ought to be other positions available for her to find.
Or maybe she should look for a woman dentist next time for a boss.
She has good teeth.
Wonder what he does to his “irresistible” patients.
Ewww.
Still, how can a “dental assistant” afford to sue to the IA Supreme Court?
In other stories it appears that they were sending inappropriate texts back and forth, though both claimed there was no inappropriate physical contact.
I’m probably pretty much alone in this, but I’m with the dentist and his wife on this.
Once inappropriate emotions had developed, which it seems pretty clear they had, at least on his part, it became a really poor idea for the two to keep working together as closely as is required for the position. The wife was quite right to be concerned.
The dentist obviously could have handled the dismissal, and he would have been well advised to spend what he eventually spent on his attorneys as severance.
The dentist obviously could have handled the dismissal better.
I suppose the dentist could have recommended her to a colleague who was looking for an assistant. Maybe she said she didn’t want that, I dunno. If he was getting sexually hung-up over her and especially since there was a wife in the picture, then it was wisest that they part company.
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