Trial Set For White Worker Who Alleges He Was Fired to Appease Latino Employee - My News LA
A judge ruled that a former United Parcel Service employee who alleges that as a white worker he was wrongfully fired in 2017 and made a “sacrificial victim” of the firm’s desire to appease a Latino employee can take his lawsuit to trial.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yolanda Orozco denied a motion by UPS attorneys to dismiss Mason McConn’s case, which was filed in August 2018 and is now set for trial Feb. 24.
McConn’s allegations include wrongful termination, racial discrimination, retaliation, defamation and false light invasion of privacy. Along with UPS, he is suing the Latino worker, Pedro Flores, and company human resources employee Gerald Yee.
A judge ruled that a former United Parcel Service employee who alleges that as a white worker he was wrongfully fired in 2017 and made a “sacrificial victim” of the firm’s desire to appease a Latino employee can take his lawsuit to trial.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yolanda Orozco denied a motion by UPS attorneys to dismiss Mason McConn’s case, which was filed in August 2018 and is now set for trial Feb. 24.
McConn’s allegations include wrongful termination, racial discrimination, retaliation, defamation and false light invasion of privacy. Along with UPS, he is suing the Latino worker, Pedro Flores, and company human resources employee Gerald Yee.