Disney Settles Discrimination Lawsuit

Michael Smith was a houskeeping manager at Coronado Springs Resort at the Disney World Resort. In 2013, he sued Disney claiming discrimination. He is white and claims that his African American female supervisor discriminated against him because he had to take time off, under the Family Medical Leave Act, to care for his sick wife. He also claims his supervisor favored other female African American employees over him. He did complain and was fired.

A settlement was recently reached but the terms were not made public. However, records show that the discrimination claims were dismissed, but did allow his claims of retaliation under the Family Medical Leave Act to stay.

In an odd twist of events, it turns out the supervisor, Maxcine Bell also sued Disney for discrimination in 1997. The case was dismissed because of lack of prosecution, which for us just means that nothing was filed for a long time.

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