Mayflower Vehicle Systems, Inc. v. Cheeks

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, we are asked to examine a circuit court’s orders affirming a decision by the West Virginia Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) that an employer engaged in unlawful race-based discrimination against two employees. The employer appeals and raises two points of error. First, the employer argues that the evidence is not sufficient to support a finding of unlawful discrimination. Second, the employer argues that the Commission and circuit court erred in their calculation of back pay damages regarding one of the two employees.

We have…