Saturday, July 31, 2021

MetroPlus Health Discriminated Against Worker With Lung Cancer, SDNY Lawsuit Claims

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon

BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN

SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 25 – Colette Smith sued MetroPlus Health Plan for discriminating against her as an employee, after she got lung cancer.   

      On July 23, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it. 

  Judge Hellerstein asked about delays in the case, saying that A case is not finished by starting it.

He set deadlines, and a new status conference for February 4, 2022.

The case is Smith v. MetroPlus Health Plan et al., 20-cv-10570 (Hellerstein) 

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