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J. Fallon grants a request by the Orleans Parish sheriff and her director of employment, dismissing a hostile workplace claim by a human resources staffer who was fired after she was absent for several weeks due to emergency surgery and hospitalization required to protect herself and her newborn child. The manager’s actions, though dubious, did not rise to the level of “objectively offensive harassment.” Without more, the fired staffer’s claims cannot survive. The litigant’s claims against the sheriff remain.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Fallon, Filed On: October 18, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv2981, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Evidence, employment Discrimination
J. Flanagan grants FedEx’s motion for summary judgment following allegations of race, gender and age discrimination brought by a former operations manager. The manager filed complaints against several supervisors, with whom she worked directly or indirectly, following an incident where she got into a verbal argument with a third-party employee. The manager claims that the supervisors set her up and persuaded other staff to blame her for instigating the fight. FedEx disciplined the manager for this, and later again for another argument, this time with a package handler, after which it fired the manager. Summary judgment is awarded because the manager fails to state a claim on all counts.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Flanagan, Filed On: October 17, 2023, Case #: 5:22cv120, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Employment, employment Discrimination
J. Lee grants summary judgment to the city defendants in this employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by a former police officer. The officer cannot show that she was "constructively discharged," as she asserts. Accordingly, she fails to establish a prima facie case of discrimination or retaliation.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Tennessee , Judge: Lee, Filed On: October 17, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv293, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Pepper denies the archdiocese's motion to dismiss a lawsuit from a former employee claiming she was fired after complaining about sexual harassment she faced at work, including her supervisor cornering her in her cubicle, putting his hand downs in pants and touching himself in front of her. The archdiocese's argument that the employee's complaint should be dismissed because it is time-barred fails, as she has adequately shown she filed her lawsuit within 90 days of receiving her right to sue letter as required by federal rules.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Wisconsin, Judge: Pepper, Filed On: October 16, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv1084, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination
J. Brasher finds that the district court properly ruled in favor of the city on the former employee's civil rights and disability discrimination action arising from the termination of her healthcare retirement benefits under the city's new benefits plan. A former employee who does not hold or desire to hold an employment position cannot sue under Title I of the ADA to remedy discrimination in the provision of post-employment fringe benefits. The employee cannot show that the city committed any discriminatory acts against her while she could still perform the essential functions of a job she still wanted to hold. Affirmed.
Court: 11th Circuit, Judge: Brasher, Filed On: October 11, 2023, Case #: 22-10002, Categories: civil Rights, Ada / Rehabilitation Act, employment Discrimination
J. Daniel partial grants a candy company’s motion to dismiss a former gay, Black office employee’s hostile work environment and failure to hire claims. The former employee claims he was forced to use his personal phone for work without reimbursement, while non-Black employees were reimbursed, was passed over for promotion, and was also targeted for harassment by his coworkers on the basis of his race and sexual orientation. The court finds the former employee has not sufficiently pleaded his failure to hire claim, but allows the hostile work environment claim to mover forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Daniel, Filed On: October 5, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv4875, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
Per curiam, the Fifth Circuit finds the district court properly granted summary judgment in favor of the city in this racial discrimination suit brought by the white animal control officer who was not promoted to manager. A three-member committee assigned scores to each candidate using a set of 15 standard interview questions, hiring a Black external candidate with over eight years of experience. The white officer proffers no competent summary judgment evidence and does not establish that the city’s reasons for hiring the more experienced candidate were pretextual. Affirmed.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: October 5, 2023, Case #: 23-40116, Categories: civil Rights, Municipal Law, employment Discrimination
J. Conley grants summary judgment to the university management board and university officials in a pro se lawsuit from a Black man who, at age 68, claims he was discriminated against for his race and age by being denied a University of Wisconsin faculty position he applied for. The evidence in the record shows no discrimination in denying the man's application, instead showing that it was purely problems with his application and lack of relevant experience that informed the officials' decision.
Court: USDC Western District of Wisconsin, Judge: Conley, Filed On: October 3, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv175, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination
J. Goodwin grants in part the employer's partial motion to dismiss in this employment discrimination lawsuit. The former employee contends that the reasons given for her termination were pretextual, and she asserts claims for age and gender discrimination, as well as disability discrimination. The claims that remain pending include her claims for Family and Medical Leave Act interference and age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
Court: USDC Western District of Oklahoma , Judge: Goodwin, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 5:21cv94, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Employment, employment Discrimination
J. Maldonado partially grants a freight company’s motion for summary judgment on one of its former employees’ sexual harassment, hostile work environment and retaliatory termination claims. The former employee, a man, claims one of his male coworkers repeatedly made unwanted advances on him until eventually he snapped and asked if his coworker was a “f*****.” The court finds the former employee has plausibly alleged sexual harassment and hostile work environment, but finds the company was justified in firing him for using a homophobic slur while on the clock.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 1:18cv3733, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Brown dismisses a nurse's sexual harassment, discrimination and other claims against a healthcare company and doctor. She fails to show the hospital knew of the alleged harassment, that she suffered an adverse employment action and she failed to state a claim against the doctor.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Brown, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv2729, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Health Care, employment Discrimination
J. Watkins dismisses, for lack of personal jurisdiction in favor of the foreign corporation employer in an amended complaint of race discrimination claims. “When a defendant exerts a high degree of control over an entity, the contacts created by the entity are, in reality, created by the defendant.”
Court: USDC Middle District of Alabama, Judge: Watkins, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv625, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, Jurisdiction, employment Discrimination