A lawsuit filed by a former employee was removed by defendant Humana Insurance Company to the Southern District of Texas. The complaint, first filed in Harris County state court, alleges that the defendant violated Texas law when they fired her based on her race.
The plaintiff, Lajamieka Mims, an African American woman, worked for the defendant as a UM Administration Coordinator, the complaint said. She began her employment in late 2018. For the first two and a half years of her employment, she worked under a supervisor named Felisa Muzquiz, who reportedly “never had issues with Ms. Mims’ work performance and Ms. Mims was never written up under her supervision.” The plaintiff explains that in 2020, she even met all the criteria necessary to receive a bonus.
The plaintiff was fired just two weeks after a new supervisor took over. The defendant cited that the reasons for her termination were “that she mentioned to a client that she may have to place her back in the queue, and it seemed like she was passing on her work and did not want to help clients because she would send callers to the benefits department if they were seeking a Member ID.” The plaintiff argued that the actions that had been cited as reasons for termination were things that she had been previously instructed to do by her prior supervisor.
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