Lacey v. Norac, Inc., No. 18-1947 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for Norac in an action brought by plaintiff, a Norac employee, alleging claims of employment discrimination following her termination. The court held that plaintiff failed to meet her burden of presenting evidence that created a fact question as to whether Norac's proffered reason for her termination was pretextual, and thus summary judgment was appropriate. The court also held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying plaintiff's motion to strike an email and its admission did not prejudice plaintiff.
Court Description: Erickson, Author, with Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Employment discrimination. Plaintiff failed to show defendant's legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for her termination were pretexts for racial discrimination; the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying plaintiff's motion to strike an email attached to defendant's motion for summary judgment based on its determination there was no new information in the email and that it would not consider the information in ruling on the defendant's motion for summary judgment.
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