Former Tuesday Morning CEO Fired After Breast Cancer Diagnosis Files Disability Discrimination Claim

Kathleen Mason, the former President and CEO of Dallas-based closeout retailer Tuesday Morning Corp. TUES, has filed charges of disability discrimination against her former employer with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In the filing, Ms. Mason says she was removed from her leadership role in June after disclosing to the Tuesday Morning board that she was battling breast cancer. Ms. Mason led the company to 12 consecutive years of profitability before her firing.