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In This Pair of Cases,the First May Serve as Precedent

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In this pair of cases,the first may serve as precedent for the second.Decide whether the second case is so relevantly similar to the first that it should be decided identically.Explain your decision.
First case:The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 extended federal antibias protections to pregnant workers.
Second case:Johnson Controls,a manufacturer of automobile batteries that uses large quantities of lead in its manufacturing processes,excludes women capable of bearing children from any job where the work carries a high risk of damage to the nervous system of a fetus.Under this policy,eight employees of Johnson Controls were involuntarily transferred to safer but lower-paying work.They sued the company,charging discrimination under the Act.

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