Reed v. Freedom Mortgage Corp.

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-employer’s motion for summary judgment in action under Ill. Human Rights Act alleging that defendant terminated plaintiff-employee due to his purported history of attendance and disciplinary problems on account of his race. Plaintiff failed to present evidence of suitable comparative co-worker with same volume of disciplinary and attendance incidents who was treated in more favorable fashion. Moreover, plaintiff was only able to testify that he had seen other co-workers report to work late on unspecified times and on dates that he could not recall, and he could not state whether said co-workers had permission to come in late or whether said alleged attendance violations occurred before or after key email that announced strict adherence to office schedule.