CBRE Mostly Defeats Former Employee’s Bias Lawsuit Over Firing

CBRE Capital Markets Inc. beat as untimely claims that a former worker faced gender and disability discrimination in violation of Florida law.

But Erin Efstathion can advance a breach of contract claim over CBRE’s alleged failure to pay her commissions she earned while on a forced leave of absence prior to her firing, Judge Melissa Damian of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida said Wednesday.

Efstathion, a former vice president on CBRE’s debt and structure finance team, claimed that after she raised concerns about alleged gender bias over a nearly $20,000 salary cut, management “ridiculed ...