In a sue-happy society, here are ways to avoid a potential quagmire of lawsuits. When the manager of a small business in Michigan made friendly inquiries about a job applicant's children, he thought he was breaking the ice in a way that would help theperson feel right at home. A year later, the manager was hit right at home. He landed in court when the applicant - who had been turned down for the job - claimed to have been the target of sexual discrimination because she had told the manager she would need to put her children in a day-care facility when she went to work. The embittered applicant charged that a man would not have been asked about his children during the interview process.
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