In the case Love v. Columbus, 2021-Ohio-3494, the Tenth District Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err in granting summary judgment for an employer when the employee failed to show that their termination was based on racial discrimination.
Here, the employee argued that the court erred in failing to conclude that the inconsistencies in the employer’s testimony regarding the rationale behind the termination of the employee created a genuine issue of material fact. The Court of Appeals disagreed.
The Court of Appeals reasoned that the employee did not provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the employee was wrongfully terminated or that the termination was discriminatory in nature when the only evidence offered by employee was that other employees were not disciplined for similar acts. As such, the Court found that the trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the employer.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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