7th Circuit Finds Nursing Home Worker Failed To Show Firing Was Motivated By Race

Mealey's (February 20, 2019, 11:10 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A former nursing home employee who was fired after an incident with a resident prompted an investigation of allegations of resident abuse failed to show that it was her race that caused her termination, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 15 (Fran Watkins v. Riverside Medical Center, et al., No. 18-1411, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 4664)....

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