Martinez v. Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LIDIA MARTINEZ, Plaintiff, No. 19-cv-04923 v. Judge John F. Kness NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER To win a claim of race-based employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, an employee must establish both that she suffered an adverse action by her employer and that such action was “because of” the employee’s race. If the employee fails to establish either of those conditions, her claim must fail. It follows from this binary framework…