Legal Opinion
Robert D. Speedy v. Rexnord Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 16, 2001No. 00-2885PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Robert D. Speedy, acting as a union steward, accompanied two female employees of the Rexnord Corporation (“Rex-nord”) to file sexual discrimination complaints against a Rexnord supervisor. Within a month of his action, Speedy was suspended for excessive absenteeism, and eventually terminated. Speedy filed suit in the district court alleging that he had been discharged in retaliation for his participation in activities protected under Title VII. The case proceeded to trial, where a jury determined that while Rexnord had retaliated against Speedy for accompanying the…
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