Where a maintenance worker admitted that his job required frequently lifting light objects, and occasionally lifting heavy objects, and he could no longer perform those essential functions, his employment was ended for a legitimate business reason. Background Terry Harris, who ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where there was a one year gap between a store manager’s alleged protected activity and his termination, a few instances of the silent treatment and a single reprimand were insufficient to show his termination was causally connected to his protected ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a former bank employee asserted discrimination claims within 90 days from the date she received a right-to-sue notice, but her suit was dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute, the dismissal didn’t toll the 90-day statute of limitations. As ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a female supervisor alleged her termination, following an investigation of alleged inappropriate sexual conduct in a supply closet, was sex discrimination, but the male store manager who was in the supply closet was also terminated, the store prevailed on ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the former University of North Carolina employee suggested her disability could be accommodated by indefinite leave or indefinite light duty, but neither is a “reasonable accommodation” under the Rehabilitation Act, the university prevailed on this claim. Background Annie Boone ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination

Where an employee terminated for cursing, insubordination and threats alleged his firing was actually unlawful retaliation, the investigation into his conduct was not “obviously inadequate” and there was no evidence it was pretext. Background Tremayne A. Powell appeals from the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination

Where an Army employee who applied for an open position alleged her nonselection was the result of protected activity, but there was a several-month gap between the protected activity and her not being chosen for the post, there was no ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the record showed a manufacturing manager was terminated because of a consistent increase in the number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, recordable injuries at his plant, his age discrimination claim failed as a matter of law. ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a Walmart bakery/deli division area manager alleged she was paid less because of her gender, but her male comparators held different jobs and had different duties, skills and relevant work experience, Walmart was granted summary judgment. Background Stephanie Chapman ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a former public service employee’s discrimination claim did not expressly allege “quid pro quo” harassment, but it did allege that her supervisor demanded she endure his harassment in exchange for continued employment, and reassigned her because she refused, those ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District