Case: Discrimination/Disparate Treatment (S.D. Fla.)

MDVIP LLC is entitled to summary judgment on a Black accountant’s claims of race and national origin discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act alleging she was denied training opportunities and a promotion and subjected to a hostile work environment and derogatory comments, a Florida federal district court ruled. The accountant’s insubordination, complaints regarding her job duties, and poor communication with her supervisors were legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for her termination, and she failed to show that the reasons were pretext for discrimination, the court said. The court also found that she failed to provide evidence of any similarly ...