Posted on Nov 9, 2017
CNN faces another racial discrimination lawsuit, lawyer says
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This will be interesting. Here is the gist of the previous dismissal of the case
A federal judge has dismissed a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed by current and former black employees of Time Warner, owner of Turner networks including CNN, TNT and TBS.
U.S. District Court Judge William Duffey of the Northern District of Georgia wrote in Tuesday’s dismissal order that the two employees named in the suit failed to show that intentional discrimination based on their race occurred.
The lawsuit filed in December claimed a pattern of discrimination against black employees, particularly men, in evaluations, pay and promotions.
The suit relied heavily on an internal company report on diversity at Turner and CNN, but Duffey said the statistics in the report could be explained by “non-discriminatory factors” and didn’t support the claims of intentional and widespread discrimination. Duffey also criticized the original complaint as “fraught with conclusory claims, unsupported by factual allegations sufficient to support the inferences” of discrimination.
An attorney who represented the networks referred The Associated Press to a company spokeswoman on Wednesday. That person didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.
http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2017/07/26/22740811.html
A federal judge has dismissed a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed by current and former black employees of Time Warner, owner of Turner networks including CNN, TNT and TBS.
U.S. District Court Judge William Duffey of the Northern District of Georgia wrote in Tuesday’s dismissal order that the two employees named in the suit failed to show that intentional discrimination based on their race occurred.
The lawsuit filed in December claimed a pattern of discrimination against black employees, particularly men, in evaluations, pay and promotions.
The suit relied heavily on an internal company report on diversity at Turner and CNN, but Duffey said the statistics in the report could be explained by “non-discriminatory factors” and didn’t support the claims of intentional and widespread discrimination. Duffey also criticized the original complaint as “fraught with conclusory claims, unsupported by factual allegations sufficient to support the inferences” of discrimination.
An attorney who represented the networks referred The Associated Press to a company spokeswoman on Wednesday. That person didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.
http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2017/07/26/22740811.html
CNN racial discrimination suit dismissed by judge
A federal judge has dismissed a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed by current and former black employees of Time Warner, owner of Turner networks including CNN, TNT and TBS.
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