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As first reported by , Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director, filed the suit on October 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court. In the filing, she accuses Hallmark of unceremoniously firing her in April after nine years with the company.
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Perry, whose casting credits include and , also claims that Hallmark failed to accommodate her disability 69制片厂制作传媒 she has multiple sclerosis and is legally blind in one eye.
She adds that she was pushed out of the network despite receiving strong annual performance evaluations. Perry alleges that her office was moved to a different floor and that she was excluded from meetings. She says after her firing, she was replaced by a younger man to do her job.
Daly joined Hallmark as executive VP of programming in September 2021. She previously worked at Netflix and A+E Networks.
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