February 27, 2023
An Illinois federal judge sided with a Chicago railway company Monday in an electrician's suit alleging she was demoted due to her age and complaints of sex bias, finding she didn't properly contest the railway's bid to toss the suit and its defense that performance issues led to the job downgrade.
May 31, 2019
An Illinois federal judge refused to dismiss all of an electrician's discrimination case against employer Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad, agreeing with the railroad known as Metra that there may be no widespread "policy" of discrimination but finding the isolated incidents cited by the worker plausible and timely.