In Re Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Debtor. Stuart Gold, Trustee for the Estate of Jose Antonio Rodriguez v. Fedex Freight East, Inc.

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• concluding that plaintiff had valid race discrimination claim where manager testified that supervisor said he would not promote Hispanic employees because of their accents
• explaining that the ELCRA resembles federal law, and the same evidentiary burdens prevail as in Title VII cases
• explaining that the ELCRA resembles federal law, and the same evidentiary burdens prevail as in Title VII cases
• explaining that cases brought pursuant to ELCRA are analyzed under the same evidentiary framework used in Title VII cases
• discussing disparaging comments about an employee’s “language” and “how he speaks” and that he-is difficult to understand, and noting that “accent and national origin are inextricably intertwined”
• finding direct evidence of discrimination where employee likely would have been promoted had his current manager not commented on the employee’s “accent and speech pattern”

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