Macklin v. FMC Transport, Inc., No. 15-1333 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, an independent lease truck driver for FMC Transport, filed suit against FMC Transport, alleging racial discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1981. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of FMC Transport. FMC Transport's accident review board had concluded that plaintiff's accident was preventable and the company later terminated him. Although plaintiff is a member of a protected class and he did suffer an adverse employment action, and even if he did meet FMC Transport's legitimate expectations, the court concluded that he failed to present evidence that supports an inference of discrimination. Further, plaintiff has not established a prima facie case of racial discrimination under the McDonnell Douglas framework, because he has not shown that the circumstances of his termination gave rise to an inference of discrimination. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Kelly, Author, with Murphy and Benton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Employment discrimination. Even construing all the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff, there was insufficient evidence regarding the circumstances of his termination to support an inference of racial discrimination; as plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination, the district court did not err in granting the employer's motion for summary judgment.
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