Sharon Gallimore v. City of Opa-Locka, Florida

Miami, Florida employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.



Sharon Gallimore sued the City of Opa Locka ("the City”) on an employment discrimination theory brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the "ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 623(a). Gallimore, who was forty-nine years old at the relevant time, had been working as the Assistant Chief of Police for the City when she was demoted to the position of road officer and her position was taken by a woman younger than forty years old. Gallimore filed a complaint with the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission ("EEOC”), alleging that her demotion was on account of illegal discrimination. Two months after she filed her complaint, her employment with the City ended. According to the City, she voluntarily abandoned her job, but according to Gallimore, she was fired. Gallimore filed suit in the Southern District of Florida alleging that her termination was unlawful retaliation under Title VII, and that her demotion and then termination also constituted unlawful age discrimination in violation of the ADEA and unlawful gender discrimination in violation of Title VII.

The district court granted summary judgment for the City on all of Gallimore’s claims.



Affirmed