L.A. Times Still on Hook for Bias Against Sports Columnist

The Los Angeles Times can’t escape a state jury’s finding that it demoted a former longtime sports columnist because of his age and disability.

A state appeals court Jan. 5 rejected the newspaper’s contention that T.J. Simers didn’t show he was mistreated because of his age or disability because it merely proposed temporarily reassigning him to a less prestigious reporter position. Simers, who in 2013 at age 62 was diagnosed with complex migraine syndrome, never worked in the reporter position, so the proposed reassignment didn’t amount to an actionable adverse job action, the Times said.

But Simers was told the ...