Kimble v. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Johnny Kimble, an African-American male and a long-time supervisor employed by the Equal Rights Division (“ERD”), a division of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (“the Department”), brought this action against defendants, the Department and former ERD Administrator J. Sheehan Donoghue (“Donoghue”), alleging that defendants discriminated against him on the basis of race and gender by not giving him a raise. The parties agreed to a court trial and to bifurcate the issues of liability and damages. I conducted a trial…