The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act does not provide protection to people who do not live or work in Pennsylvania, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled earlier this month.
In the case of Blackman v. Lincoln National, U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found the PHRA does not apply to plaintiff Kathy Blackman, who lived in Illinois and worked in the Illinois office of Lincoln National Corp. and Lincoln Financial Group, companies with headquarters in Radnor, Pa.
