Legal Opinion

Coles v. Carilion Clinic

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided July 13, 2012No. Civil Action No. 7:11-cv-00555PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN E. CONRAD, Chief Judge.

This case involves claims by a black employee against his employers for racial *786harassment and discrimination under federal law and for intentional infliction of emotional distress under state law. The case is presently before the court on the defendants’ motion to dismiss. For the reasons that follow, the court will grant in part and deny in part the motion to dismiss.

I. Factual and procedural background

Vernell E. Coles (Coles or plaintiff), the black plaintiff in this case, resides in Roanoke, Virginia. (Docket No. 1 at ¶ 4.) The defendants,…

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