Case: Discrimination/Discharge (M.D. Pa.)

A discharged Black warehouse employee for Kinsley Construction Inc., alleging that he was regularly subjected to racial slurs, is entitled to a trial on his claims of race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, a federal court ruled. Kinsley said that the employee was fired because of client complaints, however, sufficient evidence shows that the racially offensive comments made by his co-workers were more than mere stray remarks and that the comments could establish a hostile and “discriminatory atmosphere,” the court determined. Further, the fact that he ...