QUAKER OATS CO. v. CEDAR RAPIDS HUM. R. COM'N

No. 60346.

268 N.W.2d 862 (1978)

QUAKER OATS CO., Appellee, v. CEDAR RAPIDS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Shirley G. Steele, Asst. Atty. Gen. and David F. McGuire, City Atty., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

En banc.


LeGRAND, Justice.

The question here is whether a short-term disability income plan in effect for all employees of Quaker Oats Co. (hereafter Quaker) illegally discriminates on the basis of sex by excluding "disabilities due to pregnancy or disorders resulting therefrom." The Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission (hereafter Commission) appeals from a decree holding it does not. We reverse and remand for further proceedings as noted herein.

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