Case: Discrimination/National Origin (S.D. Ind.)

An Indiana federal district court denied POSCO AAPC LLC’s motion to dismiss Title VII of the Civil Rights Act national origin discrimination and retaliation claims, and breach of contract claims based on an offer letter, brought by a South Korean J-1 visa intern who alleged he was subjected to a hostile work environment, assigned menial tasks unlike interns of other nationalities, heard derogatory comments about Koreans, and was wrongfully terminated, finding his EEOC charge sufficiently exhausted administrative remedies and his allegations plausibly stated claims that could not be resolved at the pleading stage.

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