Attorney John Claassen, formerly of Skadden Arps, is suing online matchmaker eHarmony.com, which declined to list him because he is not yet divorced and it has a rule against listing profiles of persons who admit to being married. He’s claiming marital-status discrimination in his suit, filed in Alameda County. (Knight-Ridder; AP; SFist)(& welcome Sploid readers). More: Akhmed Al-Fayyed explains why he thinks eHarmony might lose (Mar. 29).
Dating service sued for turning away married man
Attorney John Claassen, formerly of Skadden Arps, is suing online matchmaker eHarmony.com, which declined to list him because he is not yet divorced and it has a rule against listing profiles of persons who admit to being married. He’s claiming marital-status discrimination in his suit, filed in Alameda County. (Knight-Ridder; AP; SFist)(& welcome Sploid readers). […]
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I had a great comment about this guy, but then I deleted it because I figured I might get sued!
And when I thought about the situation, I realized any editorial comment would be superfluous anyway!
Meanwhile, you could just as easily imagine a spouse suing eHarmony for “tortious interference with the marriage” because it ALLOWED marrieds to list. You know the legal culture is out of control when any imaginable course of action would lead to suit.
Assuming that gender is also one of the protected classes, what in the world are they gonna do about the unisex health clubs?
Huh…
[…] 19, FoxNews.com)(via Friedersdorf, see also Mataconis). Earlier coverage: Jun. 1 and Jun. 8, 2007; Mar. 26, 2006 (married man wants listing). More: lawyer in parallel California suit against eHarmony says it […]