In September 2004, the Charlotte District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Firestone Fibers & Textiles Company, BFS Diversified Products, LLC, and Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina alleging the defendants discriminated against the charging party on the basis of religion, namely Christianity-Church of the Living God, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant failed to accommodate the religious beliefs of the charging party, a male employee, and discharged the charging party because of his religion. The charging party intervened in the lawsuit in December 2004. Following discovery, defendants successfully moved for summary judgment, which was granted in September 2006. The EEOC appealed this decision to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had not decided the case by the time the docket was captured for research purposes.

David Friedman - 10/11/2007


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