The plaintiff, a reserve flight attendant, contended the airline discriminated against her because of her mental illness and because she is Black, as well as retaliating for her use of FMLA benefits. But the U.S. magistrate judge found those claims could not be proven.
February 25, 2022 at 05:57 PM
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Litigation Reporter
The original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer
A federal magistrate judge found that a former American Airlines flight attendant could not prove she was terminated because of her condition of severe depression and her race.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Marilyn Heffley of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed plaintiff Shaneane Davis-Jackson’s employment discrimination suit against the company Wednesday, in a win for the airline’s attorneys at Littler Mendelson.
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