Black Penn Pharmacist Punished for Falling Asleep Loses Bias Row

The University of Pennsylvania defeated a lawsuit alleging it held a Black pharmacist who fell asleep during an overnight hospital shift to a higher standard and disciplined him because of his race.

The worker didn’t identify valid comparators for his bias claim and can’t show that Penn’s explanation that it temporarily limited his ability to pick up extra shifts because of the at-work naps was actually pretext for discrimination, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said Tuesday, granting summary judgment in favor of the school.

Plaintiff Maurice Nelson Clark works for Penn’s health system and faced ...