Newar Law wins major victory in long-running race discrimination case
On June 13, 2023, Newar Law won a major victory in a long-running race discrimination lawsuit against Diamond Offshore—a former Fortune 500 offshore oil drilling company.
In 2015-2017, Diamond laid off all of its Black Safety Representatives.
During this same time period. Diamond laid off approximately 25% of its white SR’s.
The Black SR’s whom Diamond terminated in the reduction in force were far more experienced and qualified than many of the white SR’s whom Diamond retained.
Since December 2018, Newar Law has represented five Black SR’s in several federal race discrimination lawsuits against Diamond in Houston federal courts.
In 2021 and 2022, Diamond resolved four of the Black SR’s discrimination claims on the eve of trial. Unfortunately, Diamond declined to resolve the fifth Black SR’s (Douglas May) race discrimination claim.
On Tuesday--following extensive briefing and oral argument—United States Bankruptcy Judge David Jones denied Diamond’s summary judgment motion. Judge Jones ruled that Mr. May raised a genuine issue of material fact that Diamond subjected him to race discrimination. As a result, Mr. May will now proceed to trial against Diamond.
Newar Law looks forward to continue holding Diamond accountable for its long-running race discrimination against its Black SR’s.
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