- Posted September 24, 2014
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Insurer wins appeal in firing over Klan reference
LANSING (AP) - The Michigan appeals court has ruled in favor of a Lansing-area insurance company that fired a white employee who offended a black co-worker.
The court overturned a decision by an Ingham County judge. Angela Shaft claimed her dismissal at Jackson National Life was illegally based on race.
In 2012, Shaft sent an email to Candace Jones about finding a ticket to a basketball game between the Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of Columbus to benefit a Jewish group. Shaft submitted a picture for an employee newsletter.
Jones, who is black, complained, and Shaft was fired for violating the insurer's harassment policy.
In a 2-1 decision last week, the appeals court says the firing was based on the content of the message - not the race of the messenger, Shaft.
Published: Wed, Sep 24, 2014
headlines Oakland County
- Oakland County clerk/register brings services to Highland Township and surrounding areas with June 4 local office visit
- Whitmer announces Wayne, Oakland, Macomb commit to expand Project DIAMOnD, calls for statewide expansion of “infrastructure for innovation”
- Oakland County completes work for first RainSmart resident
- Annual Meeting
- Podcast explores ‘Putting AI to the Test for Legal Services’
headlines National
- This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Artificial intelligence tools for brief writing and analysis are a small firm litigator’s new best friend
- Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS documents on partnership scrutiny
- Family members sue networks after learning of loved ones’ deaths by seeing bodies on TV
- Ex-BigLaw attorney once ‘consumed with remorse’ over $10M client theft sentenced in new scheme