AutoZone Worker Won’t Get Bias Trial as 4th Cir. Faults Lawyer (1)

A fired Latino AutoZone Inc. worker won’t get another chance at his discrimination and harassment lawsuit because his counsel failed to follow the trial court’s direction to file a second amended complaint, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday.

Luis Sorto was transferred to an AutoZone store in Maryland after purportedly being compared to a sheep at a store in Newport News, Va. He continued to experience similar conflicts at the Virginia store, where co-workers called him “gay,” “princess,” “Hello Kitty,” and “a Mexican” partly because of his hair and looks, he alleged.

Sorto was terminated one week after informing his managers ...