September 12, 2023
A Virginia federal judge axed retaliation claims Tuesday from a Black former Thermo Fisher worker who said she was subjected to racial harassment and wrongfully fired after cooperating with an investigation into a white employee, but found her bias claims were strong enough to escape dismissal.
October 18, 2022
A Virginia federal judge has rejected an attempt by biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific to toss a former employee's suit alleging she faced persistent workplace racism, saying an incorrect signature by her out-of-state lawyer was fixed quickly enough to prevent her suit from becoming time-barred.