Ex-Ford Worker’s Firing Backed by Testimony About Racial Epithet

A former, temporary Ford Motor Co. factory worker saw her sex discrimination claim against the automaker closed after a federal court said the company had reason to believe she violated its anti racial harassment policy, and she wasn’t comparable to the full time employee she alleged harassed her.

Prior discrimination lawsuits against Ford weren’t sufficiently connected to the worker’s own case to establish the automaker produced a sexist workplace culture at its Chicago Assembly Plant, Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins ruled Tuesday in granting Ford summary judgment.

• Connisha Butler was a temporary worker who said she felt disrespected by the ...