Case: Discrimination/Disparate Treatment (N.D. Ala.)

A federal district court in Alabama granted Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC’s motion for summary judgment on race discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 of a Black furnace operator who was terminated after committing and failing to report a safety violation while on-the-job. He established a prima facie case of discrimination by citing similarly situated White comparators whom Constellium didn’t terminate despite engaging in similar misconduct, the court said. However, he committed multiple safety violations, which the court considered to be a non-discriminatory and non-pretextual reason for his termination and ultimately disallowed ...