Legal Opinion

LaBrittany Hassen v. Ruston Louisiana Hospital Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 31, 2019No. 18-30856PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DON R. WILLETT, Circuit Judge:

In this Title VII race-discrimination case, LaBrittany Hassen contends that Ruston Louisiana Hospital denied her a full-time nurse position and later fired her from her part-time position because she's black. The district court granted summary judgment to the hospital, concluding that Hassen failed to satisfy the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework. We AFFIRM.

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LaBrittany Hassen worked at a large hospital called the Northern Louisiana Medical Center as a PRN nurse.1 "PRN" stands for "pro re nata"-a Latin phrase, which (roughly translated) means "in the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Brown v. City of Houston, TXCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  3. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. LHC Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  4. LeMaire v. Louisiana Department of Transportation & DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
  5. Jackson v. Cal-Western Packaging Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010

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