Mealey's (April 5, 2021, 7:09 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal magistrate judge on March 18 recommended that a Mitsubishi dealership franchisor be dismissed from a terminated franchisee employee’s suit alleging age and race discrimination. The magistrate judge said the franchisor had not been named in the underlying Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge and was not the plaintiff’s employer or joint employer....