Moghadam v. Morris

3 Citing cases

  1. Jerome v. Hertz Corp.

    15 F. Supp. 3d 1225 (M.D. Fla. 2014)   Cited 4 times
    Granting summary judgment and finding that defendants "were not the employers or joint employers of Plaintiffs" based "[u]pon consideration of the record"

    Section 1981 claims can be brought in at-will employment situations. Moghadam v. Morris, 87 F.Supp.2d 1255, 1262 (N.D.Fla.2000). Section 1981 claims can also be brought against individuals who are not the employers of a plaintiff, if the individual interfered with a plaintiff's contract rights with third parties. Martinez v. Pavex Corp., 422 F.Supp.2d 1284, 1291 (M.D.Fla.2006) (citing Zaklama v. Mt. Sinai Med. Ctr., 842 F.2d 291, 294–95 (11th Cir.1988)).

  2. Leath v. Hansell

    Case No. 6:06-cv-896-Orl-19DAB (M.D. Fla. Jan. 14, 2008)

    In the context of employment discrimination, the plaintiff must demonstrate that the municipality had a custom or practice of discrimination "so well-settled and pervasive that it assumes the force of law." Moghadam v. Morris, 87 F. Supp. 2d 1255, 1264 (N.D. Fla. 2000) (citing Sewell v. Town of Lake Hamilton, 117 F.3d 488, 489 (11th Cir. 1997)). To establish a practice of discrimination through evidence of "disparate impact" on employees of a particular race, plaintiffs must present "strong statistical evidence of disparate impact coupled with anecdotal evidence of the employer's intent to treat the protected class unequally."

  3. Herawi v. State of Alabama Dept. of Forensic Sciences

    311 F. Supp. 2d 1335 (M.D. Ala. 2004)   Cited 31 times
    Finding that yelling and other negative comments could not establish a hostile work environment because such conduct was not sufficiently pervasive or severe

    First, as an Iranian, she is a member of a protected class. See Moghadam v. Morris, 87 F. Supp.2d 1255, 1263 (N.D. Fla. 2000) (Vinson, C.J.) (undisputed that plaintiff of Iranian descent was within protected class based on national origin). Second, the record shows that she was qualified for her position: she is a doctor, she trained as a forensic pathologist, and she has experience in the field of forensic pathology.