Fujitec America Defeats Ex-Legal Officer’s Race Bias Claims

A Black former chief legal officer for Fujitec America Inc. didn’t adequately show that non-Black executives were treated more favorably than he was, a federal judge in Ohio found, rejecting Darryl Mitchell’s claims of race discrimination and granting summary judgment to the company.

But another of Mitchell’s claims, alleging defamation against a former coworker whom he says falsely accused him of sexual harassment, can move forward, Judge Jeffery P. Hopkins, of the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, ruled.

Mitchell filed suit against Fujitec America Inc., an Ohio-based subsidiary of Fujitec Co., after he was terminated ...