TRENTON -- A discrimination lawsuit filed by the wife of a former employee of a Trenton pork roll company alleging he was fired for flatulence problems has been thrown out by a federal court judge.

Louann Clem filed the suit in September 2015 saying she suffered mental and physical anguish after Case Pork Roll Co. dismissed her husband because he passed gas too often on the job.

Clem, who also worked for the company, quit on the same day her husband lost his job in February 2014.

Richard Cass' flatulence problems began after the then-420 pound man underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2010. He then began experiencing issues with "extreme gas and uncontrollable diarrhea," according to the lawsuit.

Louann Clem claimed company officials complained to her about the odor issue affecting visitors to the office.

In the ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Freda Wolfson wrote that the company officials' comments were inappropriate, but didn't create a hostile work environment.

The first suit was filed in November 2015 and dismissed last July. Wolfson rejected the amended suit in January.

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