BREAST-FEED MA CAN SUE TIFFANY
    By MARSHA KRANES  New York Post on line
  October 5, 2006 -- A New Jersey mother who says she was ordered not to give her infant daughter breakfast at Tiffany's - by breast-feeding her - has gotten the go-ahead to sue the legendary jewelry store for discrimination.   Rosa Almond, 32, of Wayne claims she was feeding her 4-month-old in the Tiffany branch in Short Hills when a male employee stopped her and publicly chastised her.   The staffer told her "in a loud and annoyed tone, 'You can't do this. You can't be here . . . You can go to the bathroom and do that.' He then 'stormed off,' " according to a Superior Court summary of Almond's complaint.   The mortified mom said she burst into tears and left the store, Judge Burrell Ives Humphreys wrote in granting her the right to sue. Tiffany had asked Humphreys to throw out the suit, but he said that a jury could "reasonably find that the Tiffany employee . . . violated [the discrimination law]."   A Tiffany spokeswoman, Linda Buckley, said company "has no policy that
 attempts to prevent women from breast feeding in a Tiffany store."   "This case is about the blocking of a door," said Linda Buckley.   The case is slated to go to trial next Tuesday.   [log in to unmask]
  ale employee stopped her and publicly chastised her.   The staffer told her "in a loud and annoyed tone, 'You can't do this. You can't be here . . . You can go to the bathroom and do that.' He then 'stormed off,' " according to a Superior Court summary of Almond's complaint.   The mortified mom said she burst into tears and left the store, Judge Burrell Ives Humphreys wrote in granting her the right to sue. Tiffany had asked Humphreys to throw out the suit, but he said that a jury could "reasonably find that the Tiffany employee . . . violated [the discrimination law]."   A Tiffany spokeswoman, Linda Buckley, said company "has no policy that attempts to prevent women from breast feeding in a Tiffany store."   "This case is about the blocking of a door," said Linda Buckley.   The case is slated to go to trial next Tuesday.   [log in to unmask]

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