Wright v. St. Vincent Health System, No. 12-3162 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a surgical technologist, filed suit against the hospital alleging racial discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. 1981. The court concluded that the district court did not clearly err in concluding that plaintiff failed to prove the hospital terminated her in retaliation for complaining of racial discrimination; in finding that plaintiff failed to prove that race was the motivating factor behind her termination, rather the district court believed that plaintiff was terminated for being insubordinate; and in finding that plaintiff was not subject to disparate terms and conditions of her employment based on race. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Civil case - Employment Discrimination. The district court's findings of fact are reviewed under a clearly erroneous standard; the district court did not clearly err in finding that the evidence failed to support plaintiff's claim that she was terminated in retaliation for complaining of racial discrimination; nor did the court clearly err in finding plaintiff failed to prove race was the motivating factor behind her termination; finally, the district court did not clearly err in finding that plaintiff was not subjected to disparate terms and conditions of employment based on her race. [ September 17, 2013
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