Legal Opinion
Tribune Media Company v.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 5, 2018No. 17-2449PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAmbro, Circuit Judge
Keith Younge is an African-American man who was fired by WPHL, a Philadelphia television station owned by Tribune Media Company ("Tribune"). He claims the station subjected him to a hostile work environment because it scheduled him to train under a white co-worker who accosted him with racial epithets. He further contends he was wrongfully terminated because of his race and/or color.
Although Younge filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Commission on Human Relations, he chose to litigate his claims in Bankruptcy Court after Tribune filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. When it disallowed…
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