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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Pregerson denies in part Southwest Airlines' motion for summary judgment regarding a Black passenger's claim of racial discrimination. The passenger alleges that two employees pointed at her and laughed at her, that a flight attendant smelled the beverage she brought on board the plane but did not smell the beverages that non-Black passengers brought on board, and that she was told to cover up her outfit, which a flight attendant found to be revealing, and which she did cover with a borrowed t-shirt before being removed from the plane. Video evidence "does not unequivocally support Southwest’s entire characterization of the events at issue." Whether the passenger's "interactions with Southwest employees might reflect harassment or otherwise wrongful conduct are also questions for a jury to decide." The passenger's intentional infliction of emotional distress claim continues.