Case: Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment (N.D. Ill.)

A federal court in Illinois denied the city of Chicago’s motion for summary judgment on hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the 14th Amendment and state law of an Hispanic bricklayer of Puerto Rican descent who asserted that he was subjected to harassment on the basis of his race and national origin over a two-year period. The bricklayer testified that his supervisor often referred to him as a “dumb Puerto Rican” and a “pork chop” and once attempted to push him into a six-foot hole at a construction site. The ...