WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A judge dismissed a discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim woman who was fired from her job as a luxury hotel's housekeeping supervisor the day after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Fatiha Gentzler had claimed that she was fired from The Breakers hotel on Sept. 12, 2001, because of her religion. The Moroccan-born Gentzler had accused the famed Palm Beach hotel of firing her without warning or previous disciplinary action. She alleged she was told, "you don't fit here" and "we can't have you here" during her dismissal meeting.
| Oh, terrible! Terrible! I'll bet CAIR pooped when they heard that... |
But Circuit Judge Timothy McCarthy granted the hotel a summary judgment, denying Gentzler's claim for $30,000 in back pay and punitive damages in her lawsuit.
| But... but... How can that be? I mean, they discriminated against the poor woman because of her religion and ethnicity and... |
The Oct. 7 ruling came after attorneys for The Breakers argued that Gentzler had nine complaints of misconduct or poor job performance during her three months as a floor supervisor.
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The decision to fire Gentzler was made five days before the Sept. 11 attacks and the person who fired Gentzler was not aware she was Muslim, hotel attorney Joe Curley said in court records.
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