Representative Cases
- Settled a case in which plaintiff was an African American mechanic at a trucking company, who complained that his Mexican American co-workers used racial slurs against him and sabotaged his work. During the company investigation, the company was sold and plaintiff and others were “laid off.” While most of the laid off employee were rehired, plaintiff was not.
- Settled a case regarding an African American warehouse worker of a large corporation, who complained multiple times of racial harassment by his co-workers. Despite substantial evidence of harassment, including photographs of racial epitaphs using plaintiff’s name, the company terminated plaintiff during the investigation, claiming the employee had instigated a physical altercation at the workplace.
- Resolved a case involving a Native American employee who worked for a large county entity. The employee claimed she was harassed by her supervisor, who called her Pocahontas as a “nickname,” leading to other co-workers doing the same, and told her that if she didn’t like her job, she should “go work in a casino,” among other comments.
- Resolved a case involving an African American employee who complained that other African American employees were referring to him as the “n-word.” The plaintiff complained to HR, stating that he was deeply offended by being called that name by anyone. The company allegedly told the employee that it wasn’t racial harassment because the ones using the offensive term were themselves African American.