Warner Bros. Judge Seeks More Info on Worker’s Retaliation Claim

Two Warner Bros. entities are free of claims that they discriminated against a White worker and subjected him to a hostile work environment, but a federal judge wants more details before ruling on retaliation allegations.

They escaped the failure-to-hire and hostile work environment allegations Tuesday because ther weren’t any open positions when the worker looked for a new role. The US District Court for the Central District of California indicated plans to grant the companies summary judgment in a tentative ruling issued last week.

But Judge George H. Wu needs additional information about an alleged threat before deciding whether the ...