Seyfarth Shaw partner Katherine F. Mendez and associate Sharilee K. Smentek have stepped in to defend Caterpillar in a pending lawsuit over alleged employment discrimination. The action was filed June 17 in Illinois Central District Court by Sulaiman Law Group on behalf of a Black former employee who contends that he was discriminated against on the basis of race when he was harassed and scrutinized more than non-Black employees before he was suspended in retaliation for reporting discrimination. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Colin Stirling Bruce, is 2:24-cv-02139, Hall v. Caterpillar Inc.
Industrial, Chemicals & Materials
August 05, 2024, 11:49 AM