Where a lesbian employee was fired by the same person who had hired her approximately eight months earlier, and the person who fired her had ample reason to believe that she had been dishonest in the course of her employment, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

A white female over the age of 60 who was demoted to assistant principal of a middle school after serving as a high school principal for three years and was replaced by a black male under the age of 40 ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

An employer lost its motion to dismiss as its former employee adequately alleged she exhausted administrative remedies. Although she had not received her right-to-sue letter, more than 180 days had elapsed after she filed her charge of discrimination. Background Alice ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

A majority of the panel upheld a jury’s conclusion the defendant terminated a 30-year employee because of her age, 61. It said the decision was supported by the evidence, including her tenure and comments made around her termination, and found ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Diana Gribbon Motz

A black employee who was repeatedly called racial epithets, both directly and in conversations where he was mentioned, and was terminated only two months after complaining to his supervisor could proceed to trial on his claims of race discrimination, retaliation ...

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

A postal worker could not sue for disability discrimination based on the revocation of the limited-duty assignment following a workplace accident because she failed to meet with an Equal Employment Office counselor within 45 days after receiving notice of the ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court - Western District

Former IT employees who allege the defendants engaged in age discrimination can pursue their claims as a collective action because they held similar titles, are located in the same location and allege similar conduct. Although the defendants argued the differences ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employee plausibly alleged his former employer violated the Family and Medical Leave Act when it terminated him days after he requested leave to care for his two ill sons. The allegations were sufficient to state claims of discrimination, retaliation ...

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

Where an employee voluntarily left her employment after her position was downgraded from full-time to part time, she was not constructively discharged. and the change did not constitute an adverse employment action sufficient to establish a prima facie case of ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A garbage truck driver who was terminated for job abandonment after missing a single day of work due to illness has a valid employment discrimination claim because his performance was satisfactory, his employer’s changing rationale for the termination suggested pretext ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Roger L. Gregory