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Employment Discrimination - Race - Title VII - Garbageman (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 1, 2008

An African-American garbageman has alleged sufficient material facts related to his hostile environment claim based on a white truck driver’s calling him a “n–” and refusing to work with him, according to a Roanoke U.S. District Court. Defendants do not challenge that the harassment was unwelcome and based on race. The court finds that genuine issues ...
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