Stewart Title Attorney Fails With Suit Alleging Anti-Male Bias

A male Stewart Title Guaranty Co. claims attorney fired for alleged forgery failed to show his sex was the reason he was denied promotion and terminated, a Chicago federal judge ruled.

Eddy Copot was sacked two weeks after complaining to human resources he was being discriminated against and was wrongly asked to provide a doctor’s note for his sick leave, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said. His supervisor, Kelly Rickenbach, was told about the sick-leave aspect of his complaint and “around that same day” discovered that Copot apparently forged emails approving some of his claim ...