Christopher Toney v. Hennig, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION CHRISTOPHER TONEY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 24 C 50520 ) HENNIG, INC., ) Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER For about one month in late 2024, Plaintiff Christopher Toney (“Plaintiff” or “Toney”) was employed as a temporary worker at Defendant Hennig, Inc (“Defendant”). In this role, Mr. Toney operated a CNC Bender—a machine that bends metal and requires an “operator” to run the machine’s computer and a “helper” to load metal into the machine. In this employment discrimination…