(1)Where defendant employer argued that a trial court erred when it refused to cap the $7.2 million punitive damages award in a race-discrimination case, the court did not err in refusing to apply the cap because that would be an ...

Tagged with: Me Too Evidence Punitive Damages Race Discrimination

Where a ground freight employee sued his former employer for race discrimination, and the district court found that the suit invoked federal question jurisdiction under the Labor Management Relations Act, the court properly found that complete preemption under the LMRA ...

Tagged with: Federal Question Jurisdiction Preemption Race Discrimination

Defendant appealed from the jury verdict entered against it in favor of plaintiff in his race-discrimination claim. Plaintiff was hired by defendant as the city collector; the mayor ultimately terminated plaintiff for “unsatisfactory work performance.” On appeal, defendant argued that ...

Tagged with: Lack of Official Liability Municipal Liability Race Discrimination

Plaintiff, an African American, alleged that defendant fired him because of his race. The district court granted summary judgment to defendant, finding that defendant had articulated a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for plaintiff’s termination. Where plaintiff had failed to identify any ...

Tagged with: Burden-Shifting Framework Race Discrimination Unlawful Termination

Where an employer challenged the state’s acceptance of a second charge of discrimination from a former employee, the judgment is affirmed because the second charge did not relate to the same practice or act described in the first charge, and ...

Tagged with: Race Discrimination Right-To-Sue Letter Second Charge

Plaintiff filed suit against the Department of the Army, alleging race discrimination in its failure to hire him to a temporary or permanent position as a chemical-equipment repairer. The district court granted the Secretary of the Army summary judgment over ...

Tagged with: Failure To Hire Qualifications for Position Race Discrimination

  Where plaintiff brought a race-discrimination action based on a failure to promote against her employer, summary judgment for the defendant is affirmed because the defendant articulated a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for selecting another candidate, and the plaintiff did not ...

Tagged with: Employment Law Failure To Promote Race Discrimination

Where a city challenged a judgment against it in a race-discrimination case brought against it by a former employee, the trial court did not err in denying the city’s motion for a directed verdict on the claim that the plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Attorney's fees Employment Law Expert Witnes Race Discrimination

Where a white woman employed as a retail sales consultant claimed she was discriminated against by her African American supervisors, the trial court erred in applying the 2017 amendments to the Missouri Human Rights Act retroactively to her claims since ...

Tagged with: Contributing Factor Employer – Employee MHRA Amendment Race Discrimination

Williams v. Wells Fargo Bank (MLW No. 72082/Case No. 16-4372 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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Parker v. Arkansas Department of Corrections (MLW No. 71619/Case No. 17-1380 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

Tagged with: Admission Of Evidence Business Records Exception Employer – Employee Race Discrimination