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163186P.pdf 05/24/2017 Brittany Tovar v. Essentia Health
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-3186
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Benton and Beam, Circuit Judges]
Civil Case - sex discrimination. District court properly dismissed Title
VII sex discrimination claim against employer for refusal to cover
treatment of her son's gender reassignment treatment as Title VII and the
MHRA do not extend to such discrimination that is not on the basis of
employee's sex. Dismissal of ACA claims against insurance plan for lack of
Article III standing, was error, as Tovar suffered an injury sufficient to
confer standing and the injuries were traceable to or redressable by the
third-party insurance provider and the plan administrator. The court is
not required to consider alternative grounds for dismissal. Judge Benton
concurs in part and dissents in part.