Discrimination - The Indiana Lawyer

Split 7th Circuit allows RV worker’s age discrimination claim to continue

June 20, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

A former Forest River employee will get a second chance to make his claim that the recreational vehicle maker constructively discharged him by refusing to address age-based harassment after a split 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals revived the case and sent it back to the Northern Indiana District Court. However, one judge dissented, asserting, “there was not enough ‘constructive’ in the plaintiff’s constructive discharge claim.”

Summary judgment for IWU affirmed on retaliation, age discrimination claims, but race discrimination claim remanded

June 13, 2022 | Katie Stancombe

The grant of summary judgment to Indiana Wesleyan University on a former employee’s retaliation and age discrimination claims has been upheld, but the issue of whether the employee’s termination was racially motivated has been remanded.

7th Circuit affirms judgment to Eskenazi in dental hygienist’s discrimination suit

June 1, 2022 | Katie Stancombe

A dental hygienist who claimed she did not get a pay raise as a result of racial discrimination lost her appeal of the judgment in favor of her employer at the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Andrea Morehead drops discrimination lawsuit against WTHR

May 25, 2022 | Dave Lindquist, Indianapolis Business Journal and Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

News anchor Andrea Morehead has decided to end her legal battle with former employer WTHR-TV Channel 13, saying she’d rather drop the discrimination lawsuit than win a ruling and be subjected to a non-disclosure agreement after such a decision.

Northern Indiana staffing company settles immigration discrimination claims with DOJ

May 19, 2022 | IL Staff

An Indiana staffing agency has agreed to settle with the U.S. Department of Justice over claims that it discriminated against a number of non-U.S. citizens by asking them to provide their green cards and rejecting their valid documentation required to work.

7th Circuit: No disability discrimination in former Lake Co. officer’s pension plan

May 12, 2022 | Katie Stancombe

A disabled former Lake County police officer who claimed that his disability pension plan should provide the same cost-of-living increases that nondisabled retirees receive did not sway the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Justices limit discrimination claims for emotional distress

April 29, 2022 | Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a deaf, legally blind woman against a physical therapy business that wouldn’t provide an American Sign Language interpreter for her appointments.

Clarksville sued for withdrawing police job offer based on HIV diagnosis

April 26, 2022 | IL Staff

The town of Clarksville is being sued for allegations of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by revoking a reserve police officer’s job offer after discovering his HIV diagnosis.

Justices allow admissions policy at prestigious high school

April 26, 2022 | Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a plea from parents to block a new admissions policy at a prestigious high school in northern Virginia that a lower court has found discriminates against Asian American students.

7th Circuit affirms summary judgment for IU on Title VII complaint by professor

April 15, 2022 | Jordan Morey

An Indiana University Kelley School of Business professor didn’t have his Title VII rights violated by his employer when the school didn’t provide him with an early promotion or when it paid one of his white colleagues more than him, the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

School district loses summary judgment on former sub’s discrimination, retaliation claims

April 1, 2022 | Jordan Morey

A southeastern Indiana school district must face a former female employee’s discrimination and retaliation claims after a federal judge denied the school’s summary judgment motion.

High court rejects case of Christian group, bisexual lawyer

March 22, 2022 | Associated Press

The Supreme Court says it won’t review the case of a Seattle-based Christian organization that was sued after declining to hire a bisexual lawyer who applied for a job. A lower court let the case go forward, and the high court said Monday it wouldn’t intervene.

Katz: Not just hatred: Antisemitism is a legal phenomenon, too

March 16, 2022 | Robert Katz

Antisemitism is both the world’s oldest hatred and its most current news.

7th Circuit: Insufficient evidence sinks ex-employees’ sexual harassment, racial discrimination claims

March 15, 2022 | Katie Stancombe

Two former employees of a commercial and aerospace manufacturing company were unable to convince the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday that they were subjected to a hostile work environment based on sexual and racial comments directed at them by other workers.

Archdiocese seeks Indiana Supreme Court ruling on case from Catholic teacher fired for same-sex marriage

February 21, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has asked the Indiana Supreme Court to end the case brought by a gay teacher fired from Cathedral High School, asserting the judiciary could be irreparably harmed by an “intrusion into religious affairs.”

Central Indiana fair housing group to get $1M in Fannie Mae settlement

February 8, 2022 | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indianapolis Business Journal

The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and 20 other fair housing organizations across the country announced Monday that they have reached a $53 million agreement with Fannie Mae to settle a discrimination suit.

Indiana AG sides with Indianapolis Archdiocese in discrimination appeal

January 19, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

Wading into the fight between a former school guidance counselor and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is asserting the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals is prohibited from “interfering” in church decisions by the legal doctrine of the ministerial exception.

State prevails against fired DCS supervisor, but 14th Amendment claim will proceed

January 7, 2022 | Katie Stancombe

A former Indiana Department of Child Services supervisor who alleged he was fired in retaliation for complaints he made about race and sex discrimination will not be able to proceed with his complaint after a federal judge granted summary judgment to the state. However, one 14^th Amendment claim survived the ruling.

Governor to pardon Plessy, of ‘separate but equal’ ruling

January 5, 2022 | Associated Press

Louisiana’s governor planned to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy on Wednesday, more than a century after the Black man was arrested in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow a Jim Crow law creating “whites-only” train cars.

Judge allows WISH-TV’s discrimination suit against AT&T to move forward

January 3, 2022 | Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

A federal judge has ruled that a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against AT&T by Circle City Broadcasting, which owns WISH-TV Channel 8 and WNDY-TV Channel 23, can move forward as the two companies battle over retransmission fees.

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