Spencer v. Schmidt Elec. Co.

1 Citing case

  1. Carr v. Sanderson Farms, Inc.

    665 F. App'x 335 (5th Cir. 2016)   Cited 16 times

    Sanderson's investigation showed that Carr had committed a gross safety violation, which, according to company policy, was grounds for immediate termination. See McCoy v. City of Shreveport, 492 F.3d 551, 561-62 (5th Cir. 2007) (holding that the city's concerns for an officer's safety and the safety of others was a legitimate basis to take the officer's gun); see also Spencer v. Schmidt Elec. Co., 576 F. App'x 442, 451 (5th Cir. 2014) (per curiam) (noting that the violation of a "zero-tolerance" safety policy sufficed as a legitimate, nondiscriminatory basis for termination); Morrison v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 119 F. App'x 581, 585 (5th Cir. 2004) (determining that four safety violations on the same day provided a sufficient, non-discriminatory reason for the employee's termination). Carr alleges only that African-American employees "would not tolerate" it if only Webb were fired, and that Carr's termination was undertaken "to keep peace in the plant."