Lucky Stores Settles Sex Discrimination Claim, Lawyers Say

Faced with the possibility of paying multimillion-dollar damages, Lucky Stores settled a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee, attorneys said Wednesday.

The settlement was reached late Tuesday night after Orange County Superior Court Judge William F. McDonald tentatively ruled that Robin Henry had been mistreated by the supermarket chain’s administrators in Buena Park.

The terms of the settlement were kept confidential by both sides.

Henry, 35, of San Clemente contended in her lawsuit that she was forced out of the company by her all-male counterparts and supervisors who did not want to work with a woman.

Lucky’s attorneys claimed that Henry quit and was not fired.

McDonald, however, ruled in Henry’s favor, saying that the supermarket chain violated its employment agreement with her and was sexually biased against her.

“It’s clear that Lucky acted maliciously, fraudulently and oppressively here,” McDonald said.

He said that Henry’s bosses “intended to injure and mislead the plaintiff to drive her out of the company.”