Legal Opinion
Henry Ortiz v. Werner Enterprises, Incorporat
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2016No. 15-2574PublishedCited by 1,658 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Henry Ortiz worked as a freight broker for Werner Enterprises, Inc., for seven years until his discharge in 2012. Werner says that it fired Ortiz for falsifying business records. Ortiz says that Werner fired him because of his Mexican ethnicity, and he sued Werner under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the Illinois Human Rights Act, 775 ILCS 5/1-101 to 5/10-104. He also claimed that Werner subjected him to a hostile work environment in violation of the state law.
Werner is a shipping company that offers freight brokerage as one of its services; customers pay a fee and Werner…
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