Case: Discrimination/Disparate Treatment (D. Mass.)

A Massachusetts federal district court denied summary judgment to the Caribbean Foundation of Boston on claims of race discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and related state law claims by a 77-year-old Black chief financial officer with a seizure disability, finding that the employer’s stated reason for termination—job abandonment—could be pretextual given evidence of discriminatory comments about his health and retirement, and racist remarks about Latino employees he defended.

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