Judge Gives United Win Over Ex-Employee’s Workplace Bias Claims

A ex-United Airlines employee failed to demonstrate that the airline’s alleged treatment of her would have convinced a reasonable jury that she was discriminated against due to her age, a federal judge said, putting an end to her case without a trial.

Mary Ann Arnold alleged that she was constructively discharged after being placed on a performance improvement plan she disagreed with, and being micromanaged by her supervisors. But Arnold’s evidence and assertions about the series of events surrounding the PIP didn’t demonstrate the need for a trial on her age discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge claims, ...