Worker files suit against boss for breaking wind
A New York woman has filed a lawsuit against her former supervisor, claiming that he frequently broke wind. Roberta Feinsmith, 67, an executive assistant at the Jewish Theological Seminary, alleges that supervisor Alan Cooper discriminated against older workers, and unleashed “constant barrages of ... flatulence” in her work area.
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