Lee v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp.

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Employment Discrimination
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 18-1930
Decision Date: 
January 8, 2019
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing with prejudice plaintiffs’ (amended) second amended complaint, alleging against defendants (employer and 11 individual defendants) racial discrimination, hostile work environment, disparate treatment, retaliation, negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress, discrimination under 14th Amendment, discrimination in violation of Title VII, violation of Americans with Disabilities Act and breach of employment contract. Plaintiffs were given four opportunities to cure serious pleading defects such as failure to provide defendants notice as to what claims were being asserted against which defendants and yet failed to file adequate complaint. Moreover, plaintiffs failed to address defendants’ claim that breach of contract claims were preempted by Railway Labor Act. As such, Dist. Ct. was not required to permit plaintiffs opportunity to file third amended complaint, where record showed that plaintiffs otherwise failed to provide any argument that each of their claims in prior complaints satisfied applicable pleading standards.