By: Derek Hawkins//October 10, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: LaWanda King v. Ford Motor Company
Case No.: 16-3391
Officials: BAUER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and DEGUILIO, District Judge.
Focus: FMLA Violation
LaWanda King worked for many years as an assembler in Ford Motor Company’s vehicle assembly plants. After transferring to its Chicago plant in 2010, though, she claims that she was sexually harassed by a supervisor, after which she began getting reassigned to less desirable tasks, missing out on overtime, and receiving unwarranted discipline. Ultimately, she was fired in 2013 after missing several weeks of work for medical reasons that Ford claims she didn’t properly document. In this suit, King asserts claims for sexual harassment and FMLA interference, and also asserts that Ford retaliated against her for her complaints of sexual harassment and her taking of FMLA leave. Due to a series of procedural missteps and substantive shortcomings, all of her claims fell at summary judgment. King appeals, and we affirm.
Affirmed