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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Cogburn denies the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s motion to dismiss allegations of gender and pregnancy discrimination after two other staff members walked in on her while she was pumping her breasts for milk. The employee asked for accommodation to pump on the job, which the department granted, but despite signage, two staff separately walked in on her and didn’t leave until she directed multiple times for them to leave the room. Another staff joked that one who had walked in on her looked like “a deer in the headlights” upon seeing her pumping. The employee also found a camera installed in one of the rooms the department had designated for her to pump. The department claims the employee doesn’t have enough evidence to claim discrimination, but at this stage, she has produced sufficient evidence to state her claim.