Judge casts doubt on Wal-Mart gender lawsuit

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO | Fri Jun 8, 2012 2:52pm EDT

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday said he was "seriously concerned" about whether women suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc had enough evidence to move forward with their refiled gender discrimination lawsuit.

Plaintiffs alleging the world's largest retailer denied them pay raises and promotions because of their gender are trying to regroup after the U.S. Supreme Court last year dismantled a class of up to 1.5 million current and former Wal-Mart workers.

The Wal-Mart workers filed a reformulated lawsuit in a San Francisco federal court in October, saying they were confining their allegations to California.

Speaking at a hearing on Friday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the plaintiffs could only move forward with a refiled lawsuit if they could show new evidence to overcome the Supreme Court's criticisms. And Breyer said he had "difficulty" seeing where the plaintiffs had come up with that evidence.

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[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Seriously Breyer!, as if the evidence isn't present in black and white. Get real instead of living

in your denial bubble!