Elmer J. Webb, Jr. v. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Elmer J. Webb appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant in his action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. We reverse and remand.

Following his discharge from employment with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Post), Webb, an African-American, filed this suit claiming that he had been discriminated against on the basis of his race. He alleged that, while working as a “flyman,” he began to experience a nervous condition due to the intense noise in his working, environment; he repeatedly…