Black Ex-Allegiant Worker Can’t Prove Firing Due to Racial Bias

Allegiant Air LLC defeated a Black ex-employee’s racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit saying she was terminated after reporting a colleague’s racial conduct to upper management.

Ebony Kelley failed to show that she had a prima facie case of racial bias, or that the pertinent facts created a sufficiently convincing mosaic that could survive the Nevada airline’s summary judgment motion, the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida said Tuesday.

Kelley’s lawsuit stems from an incident where she had gotten into a fight over a computer with a co-worker in a breakroom—that co-worker reported the incident. Kelley told higher-ups ...