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By: Derek Hawkins//September 26, 2016//
Listen to this article7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Stacy Ernst, et al v. City of Chicago
Case No.: 14-3783; 15-2030
Officials: BAUER, MANION and KANNE , Circuit Judges.
Focus: Title VII
In district court, this Title VII case was split into two parts. The plaintiffs’ disparate-treatment claims went to a jury trial, in which the district court provided an erroneous jury instruction. Their disparate-impact claims were tried in a separate bench trial. This second group of claims turned largely on whether Chicago’s test was based on a statistically validated study of job-related skills. We remand for a new jury trial on the disparate-treatment claims, reverse the bench trial’s verdict on disparate impact because the physical-skills study was neither reliable nor validated under federal law, and affirm the evidentiary rulings below.
Affirmed
Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.
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