Demotion celebrated

NEW ORLEANS — A federal court in Louisiana denied a New Orleans hospital’s motion to dismiss a 66-year-old white nurse’s intentional infliction of emotional distress claim filed after management allegedly “celebrated” her substitution with a younger Black nurse. Though the behavior was “perhaps in poor taste and discriminatory, [it] is simply not egregious enough to support an IIED claim.”Read the ruling here.Subscribe to our free newslettersOur weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.Additional Reads