The Nation - News from Oct. 20, 1985

A woman who forced Xerox Corp. to hire her after an 11-year-long legal battle in which she claimed she was discriminated against because of her weight has resigned after two months on the job, company officials said. John Rasor of Xerox said that Catherine McDermott, 68, of New York City, gave notice Friday. McDermott is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 249 pounds in 1974, when she was refused a position as a business systems consultant because Xerox considered her an “insurance risk.” She sued Xerox and, last May, the state appellate court ordered the corporation to hire her, compensate her for lost income and pay her an additional $1,000 in damages.