Appeals Court Extends New Life to Rutgers Discrimination Case

A New Jersey state appeals court has vacated the ruling of a trial judge, who had granted summary judgment to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and its employee Michelle Edwards in a case in which the defendants were sued by a student manager of a Rutgers athletic team for discrimination.   Plaintiff Kimi Stephenson, a part-time employee at the university, alleged specifically that she was harassed and discriminated against with respect to compensation on the basis of her perceive