http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6421397.html
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Umm it's always very diffucult to prove these cases and usually the club owner can afford the good lawyers. Probably they'll settle out of court or she'll lose. Unless she has something in writing that says She is terminated because of her age (or on audio possibly but I don't know wheter or not that would be admissable in TX)
I think you're a bit off on your analysis. First, the EEOC is pursuing this. They have "good lawyers.". Probably better ones than a strip club owner can afford. Second, the Federal Court of Appeals for Houston (the 5th Circuit) has reversed a trial court in favor of an elderly stripper. (Lindsey v. Prive Corp) I'm very interested to see how this one will come out.
this is indeed an interesting case since it involves what could be a very dangerous 'precedent' regarding the strip club business model ... that of waitstaff and by implication dancers being treated as statutory employees - which in turn could lead the industry into a Bellagio / Disney scenario.
I like them MILFs anyhow! LOL
^^^ even though Texas doesn't have a state income tax, I'm sure that the IRS would be highly interested to find out that she has been earning $100k per year for many consecutive years !!! This lawsuit could indeed turn out to be extremely EXPENSIVE for this waitress, but not due to legal fees !
One of the risks for a 'cash tips' worker choosing to 'on the record' with their income in a court proceeding such as this is that the same income numbers that appear 'on the record' then become fair game for any interested party / agency. Of course it's possible that she has been fully and correctly reporting her income to the IRS and has been paying appropriate income taxes for all of this time, such that the amount of income which is about to become 'public record' matches up to reported income amounts on previous years' tax returns.
Sure we all know that people working in cash or mostly cash business would never under-report there income. :-))
I will put money on the fact that this woman used to dance 10 or 20 years ago, I have seen more than few dancers make that transition to "waitress" when clubs wouldn't hire them anymore as IC dancers. If she was dancing 20 years ago we all know back then dancers as a rule declared little if any of there "tips" so I would say the odds are the "condition" is very advanced and until MAYBE very recentley she has not "sought treatment"
She might win her "case" and get a bill from the IRS for a million bucks!
Oh sorry I live in Florida. Blacks, jews, women, hispanics we're all second class citizens here. Plus it's a "Right to Work State" (here) so basically you're employer can stuff a dildo in your ass, roll up your paycheck to snort coke with and publicly humiliate you, and you still can't sue him/her.
What was Lindsey V. Prive Court about though? Similar circumstances? Where the woman got fired for being elderly and sued sc? And indeed if the case got up to a Federal Court then initially the stripper in question lost but went through several appeals. I wish her the best but it's usually a tough sell.
Good luck with this.
It appears that it was settled out of court but a mock trial was held because of a bankruptcy. In the mock trial the plaintiff lost but won on appeal.
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Linda York appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict against her. Her principal claim is that the trial should not have been allowed to proceed, because the defendant's legal representative in bankruptcy had previously agreed to a settlement. In the alternative, she argues that the district court made various evidentiary and procedural errors that warrant reversal. We affirm.
Although it is similar it says she was denied promotions so maybe she was some kind of door lady/ manager. Then again, that might be a standard definition of age descrimination. Anyone have an update on this case?
I don't think this lady is slow she knows that the IRS may look for her so more than likely like most of should be doing her taxes properly all of these years.
Why as women do we have to get in society classified as old if we are past 25 no matter how many hot cougar there are or milfs u will still find people calling u old. That shit ticks me off especially when I see girls younger than me looking as old as me.
I've seen quite a few places with a female manager that came from dancing or waitressing- it's not a stretch, you don't need a BA to run the place or anything.
I just noticed that in Lindsey v. Prive, which was cited as case law, said she had been denied advancement because of her age. But then again, that's probably just the standard in a workplace discrimination suit