Walker v. Univ. of Md. Med. Sys. Corp. (Summary)

AGE AND RACE DISCRIMINATION

Walker v. Univ. of Md. Med. Sys. Corp., No. CCB-12-3151 (D. Md. May 30, 2013)

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of a hospital in this age and race discrimination case brought by a former nurse practitioner.

The hospital terminated the nurse practitioner for negligence after a newborn’s death, and the district court found that while the nurse practitioner could have established a claim for discrimination, she would have failed to rebut the hospital’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for her termination, since the nurse practitioner was negligent in discontinuing life-sustaining medications for the newborn, among other things.