Johnny E. Brewer v. Cabarrus Plastics, Inc.

Racial Discrimination - During plantiff's first one and one-half years of employment, it appeared to him that white employees were receiving overtime opprotunities denied to him and that his wage increases lagged behind those of white employees. Plantiff filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opprotunity Commission(EEOC)in November 1990, alleging wrongful denial of promotion, wage increases and overtime based on his race. The first two allegations were resolved against plantiff. The EEOC found plantiff had been denied overtime because of his race and pursued a lawsuit on his behalf. CPI paid plantiff $200.00 to settle the suit. Plantiff testified a number of changes occurred in his work enviroment following his EEOC complaint. Planitff received three warning that year and as a result, was terminated pursuant to CPI's "three strikes" procedure. Plantiff thereafter filed a second EEOC complaint, alleging the termination was in retaliation for his first EEOC charge.

Jury found that directed verdict was improperly granted on this claim.

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New trial granted by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina. See: 504 S.E.2d 580 (N.C.App. 1998) The date shown above is the date of the appellate court decision and not the trial date. Reported by kms,verdicts@morelaw.com