Case: Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment (M.D. La.)

A Louisiana federal district court granted summary judgment to ExxonMobil Corporation on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act hostile work environment claims by a Black assistant operator who alleged racial harassment after coworkers created and posted memes of him using images from the movie Coming to America, finding that the single incident was not sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter employment conditions, and that the employer took prompt remedial action that ended the harassment.

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