By: Derek Hawkins//June 25, 2018//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Warren Johnson, et al. v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation
Case No.: 16-3848
Officials: MANION, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges
Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence – Hostile Work Environment
Employees of Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation (Advocate) claim that they were treated unfairly based on their race. The district court granted Advocate’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the plaintiffs failed to offer evidence necessary to support an element of their claim. We agree with the district court on all issues but the question of the hostile work environment, and remand to the district court for a determination of that claim.
In sum, we reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment on the hostile work environment claim in regards to the racially derogatory language, and remand to the district court for a determination on the merits of that claim. The decision of the district court is affirmed in all other respects.
Reversed and Remanded in part. Affirmed in part.