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Family Law Keyed to Weisberg
Ross v. Stouffer Hotel Co
Facts
Appellant Harvey Ross was hired in 1986 as a massage therapist for Waiohai Hotel. He had been cohabiting with Viviana Treffry, the principal massage for the hotel, for two years. The two married eleven days after he was hired. The manager of the fitness spa knew they had cohabitated and married. Approximately one year later, Stouffer hotels acquired the hotel and enforced their no-spouse rule against Appellant. The rule allowed either party to transfer but they both declined. Appellant was fired, and brought an action claiming the termination violated a Hawaii Statute that declared it to be discriminatory practice for an employer to refuse to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against any individual because of race, sex, age, religion, color, ancestry, physical handicap, marital status, or arrest or court record. The circuit court granted summary judgment on behalf of the employer. Appellant appealed.
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