Chicago to Face Off Against City Employee in Retaliation Lawsuit

The city of Chicago can’t escape litigating the merits of a black, disabled employee’s claims the city purposefully stymied her career progression, according to a federal district court order issued March 14.

Doll Curtis, a black woman with disabilities, works as an auditor in Chicago’s Revenue Department. She says that after she won reinstatement to her job in a previous wrongful termination case, the city began systemically retaliating against her to defeat any chance of further promotion.

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employers from punishing employees who pursue their rights to be free from discrimination. That ...