Legal Opinion
Loudermilk v. Best Pallet Co., LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 18, 2011No. 10-1846PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Kevin Loudermilk worked at Best Pallet Company, where his principal task was to disassemble pallets and stack the wood for reuse. Multiple employees worked simultaneously on a “tear-down machine.” Laborers at one end broke pallets into pieces, which were passed to others for stacking. Loudermilk contends that each side of the machine in the stacking area should have had at least two workers, but that Best Pallet assigned its staff so that two or more Hispanic workers were on one side, while Loudermilk (who is black) worked alone on the other. He could not keep up and…
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