Kimberly-Clark Beats Race Bias Suit on Fired Worker’s Drug Test

Kimberly-Clark Pennsylvania LLC defeated race discrimination claims brought by a Black machinery operator who was terminated after he refused to provide an acceptable drug testing sample, according to a ruling by a federal court in Pennsylvania.

Shawn Bohannan failed to show an inference of intentional discrimination because his three offered non-Black comparators who were allegedly treated more favorably engaged in different conduct and all cooperated with Kimberly-Clark’s testing procedures, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled Wednesday. The court granted Kimberly-Clark summary judgment on both Bohannan’s federal and state race discrimination claims.

Bohannan operated a pulp ...