Boxing Match Not One to Sneeze Over

A Reuben H. Donnelley telephone sales executive has sued her employer for forcing her into a promotional boxing match with a male co-worker who smashed her in the face and ruined her nose job.

Vivian Mondello, in a $6-million suit filed in Manhattan federal court last week, accused Donnelley, its parent company Dun & Bradstreet Corp. and her co-worker of assault.

Mondello’s supervisor allegedly told her last year that the activity was mandatory, and despite her protests, physically escorted her to the activity.

The suit alleges that while Mondello stood looking at her boxing gloves, the cameraman said “ready” and the co-worker “in an attempt to carry out the . . . duties of his employment” immediately hit her in the face, breaking her nose and causing permanent injury.