Jackson National Must Defend Ex-Worker’s Forced Resignation Suit

Jackson National Life Insurance Co. can’t escape a constructive discharge claim brought by a Black, female former employee whose retaliation and hostile work environment claims were recently revived by the 10th Circuit.

The fact that La’Tonya Ford waited to resign until she had another job isn’t dispositive of whether she was constructively discharged, the US District Court for the District of Colorado ruled Mar. 31. Further, the the combination of alleged retaliation and a sex- and race-based hostile work environment could be so intolerable that Ford felt compelled to resign, Judge Philip A. Brimmer said.

Ford is the only remaining ...