61 results for 'cat:"Civil Rights" AND cat:"Employment Discrimination" AND cat:"Employment Retaliation"'.
J. Mehalchick denies a borough’s motion to dismiss an age and disability discrimination claim brought by a former police officer who says he was forced to retire. The former police officer’s allegations were plausible because he was over 40, qualified for his job, hearing-impaired and replaced by a younger employee.
Court: USDC Middle District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Mehalchick, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv912, NOS: Civil Rights - Habeas Corpus, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation
J. Bloom approves a state commission’s motion to dismiss employment discrimination claim by a former employee who alleged he was harassed and fired due to a disability that made him fall asleep on the job. Because the former employee took no action for more than two years after initiating the case, he did not make a good faith effort to serve notice, as required.
Court: USDC Middle District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Bloom, Filed On: April 25, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1820, NOS: Civil Rights - Habeas Corpus, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation
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J. Albregts refuses to dismiss a black worker's pro se race and national origin discrimination and retaliation claims to proceed. The temp employee says it took longer than normal to receive an offer for full-time employment from Crocs. He also had difficulty obtaining his employee discount code and was ignored when he sought help. That the employee was reassigned after complaining, among other specific allegations, is sufficient to allege retaliation.
Court: USDC Nevada, Judge: Albregts , Filed On: April 15, 2024, Case #: 2:24cv582, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation
J. Bennett grants the county’s motion to dismiss this employment dispute brought by a former employee on claims of retaliation and discrimination under the MFEPA and ADA. The employee was a lieutenant firefighter when she was charged with a DUI and after she attended treatment, she returned to work when she was charged with a second DUI. Her claims are unsupported, and the second DUI was legitimately the reason for her termination.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Bennett, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv2076, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation
J. Boyle grants a renal healthcare system’s motion to dismiss allegations of race discrimination and retaliation brought by a healthcare worker. The worker claims other staff harassed her, including making racist remarks, and that her supervisor followed her around the facility and even outside after her shifts ended, making unnecessary criticisms. This increased after she filed an EEOC complaint and she was then fired. However, the worker’s claim is time-barred.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Boyle, Filed On: March 26, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv84, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation
J. Antongiorgi-Jordán grants the hospital's motion to dismiss this wrongful termination and retaliation suit. The disabled dietician who was promoted to the position of director of nutritional services claims she was terminated due to her having filed a complaint against a coworker for creating a hostile work environment. The dietician did not file her retaliation claim within 180 days, as required. Although her discrimination claim was filed within limitations, it does not extend the deadline for the retaliation claim.
Court: USDC Puerto Rico, Judge: Antongiorgi-Jordán, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv1322, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation
J. Agee upholds the lower court decision to grant summary judgment to South Carolina’s probation agency on a former employee’s gender discrimination and retaliation claims. She was fired once and rehired after the EEOC agreed that she had been passed over for a job because the agency wanted a man. This time around, she resigned after she failed a polygraph test during an investigation of her for having sex with a subordinate before removing the subordinate from her team. She could not show how the investigation she faced was retaliation for protected activity. Affirmed.
Court: 4th Circuit, Judge: Agee, Filed On: February 27, 2024, Case #: 21-2275, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation
J. Surrick denies in part the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s motion to dismiss a gay network technician’s adverse employment suit alleging discrimination based on his sexuality and anxiety diagnosis. The technician has alleged that he was fired about two weeks after he filed a formal complaint of sex, sexual orientation and disability discrimination, from which the court can infer causation.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Surrick, Filed On: February 15, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv460, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation
J. Borden grants summary judgment in favor of Mercedes-Benz in this employment dispute brought by a former employee who is a Black female alleging discrimination and retaliation due to her age, race and gender. The former employee did not address the age discrimination in Mercedes-Benz summary judgment motion, the court deems this to be abandoned. The opposition brief shows the stated reason for termination with no circumstantial evidence of race and gender discrimination or retaliation.
Court: USDC Northern District of Alabama , Judge: Borden, Filed On: January 22, 2024, Case #: 7:21cv1618, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, employment Discrimination, employment Retaliation