Indiana Beats Race, Sex Discrimination Employment Suit on Appeal

Indiana’s escape of a lawsuit from a former Department of Child Services employee, who claimed he faced race and sex discrimination when he was fired, was upheld by a federal appeals court Wednesday.

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit said Rene Galvan, a self-described large Mexican male, had “no direct evidence that his termination was based on race or sex discrimination.”

Instead, the evidence on the record shows Galvan’s termination was based on complaints from customers about his professionalism in communicating and his work in reviewing safety plans, Judge Ilana Rovner wrote for ...