The court found that the amended complaint brought by a woman whose suit alleging discrimination on the basis of race was dismissed without prejudice, failed to cure the deficiencies in the original complaint. While she may have been the most ...

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

The dismissal of a parole officer’s discrimination claims was upheld, because they were filed under the Rehabilitation Act, which is governed by the two-year statute of limitations in the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act rather than Maryland’s three-year statute of ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr.

A woman’s loss of an opportunity to earn overtime, which was a significant portion of her earnings, could be an adverse employment action sufficient to support a claim for retaliation, and her hostile work environment and retaliation suit is remanded. ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Barbara Milano Keenan

An employer who did not hire a hearing-impaired man as a shipyard pipefitter was granted summary judgment based on evidence that the ability to hear alarms and announcements was essential, that pipefitters are subjected to high noise activities and that ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A former prosecutor who claimed she was unlawfully fired from the Carroll County commonwealth’s attorney’s office has had her federal employment lawsuit tossed out of court. Colette M. Wilcox, who now practices in Bristol, alleged her wrongful termination hurt her ...

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

The court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the plaintiff’s religious discrimination claims because there was no evidence the defendant’s conduct was because of the plaintiff’s religion. Background Ann Bender was an employee of a private corporation (SAVA), working ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A man who was fired after sending a “pro-vegan” email had his discrimination claims dismissed because he first named the defendant more than 90 days after he received his right-to-sue letter from the EEOC and his amended pleading did not ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The unauthorized inspection and copying of personnel files by a sheriff’s office employee in support of her discrimination claim was in violation of a valid, generally-applicable state law prohibiting such conduct and did not constitute “protected activity” sufficient to support ...

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

An employee cannot break the law in order to collect evidence in support of a workplace discrimination lawsuit, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Judge Diana Motz, writing for a unanimous panel, said that for an employee’s ...

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

Although an employee signed a general release agreement, the employer was not entitled to summary judgment because there is dispute whether the agreement provided rights more beneficial than under the law. Background James Tolle filed this employment discrimination action under ...

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