January 19, 2015

There will always be a Nevada

Overlawyered - A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a summary judgment entered against a plaintiff who said his firing by the city of North Las Vegas constituted discrimination against him based on his hearing impairment as well as retaliation [Curley v. City of North Las Vegas]:
    As part of the investigation, the Human Resources Department interviewed City employees and asked about their interactions with Curley. The interviews revealed that Curley had repeatedly threatened his coworkers and their families. For example, he threatened to put a bomb under a car, insinuated that he had mafia connections, and talked about giving a “blanket party” — which would involve throwing a blanket over a person’s head and beating him. One coworker reported that Curley threatened to kick his teeth out if the coworker did not join a union. On another occasion, Curley threatened to shoot his supervisor’s children in the kneecaps.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The hearing impairment was apparently associated with his difficulty in conversation and
understandable frustration and a personal communication style that worked for him. Capice? Nevada's Human Resources Department is just covering its own behind as if it had seen one too many Joe Pesci movies.

Anonymous said...

So did anyone take him seriously after he repeatedly failed to follow up on empty threats or was it let's get rid of the hearing impaired guy just because he annoys us?