Third Circuit Affirms Elliott Greenleaf' Arguments in Support of Dismissal of Claims in Title VII Case
On July 28, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the December 3, 2003 Order and Opinion of the Honorable Ronald L. Buckwalter of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granting Elliott Greenleaf's motion to dismiss claims of gender, race, religious and national origin discrimination under Title VII and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. (Grasty v. Aetna, E.D. Pa., No. 03-CV-2175, 12/3/03).
On behalf of the employer, Elliott Greenleaf moved to dismiss all claims. The Court granted the Firm's motion, finding that Plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, and gave Plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint. In response to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, Elliott Greenleaf again moved to dismiss all of Plaintiff's claims. On December 3, 2003, the District Court again granted Elliott Greenleaf' Motion and dismissed Plaintiff's Amended Complaint with prejudice for failure to properly plead a cause of action and comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Elliott Greenleaf shareholders, John M. Elliott and Eric J. Bronstein, represented Aetna, Inc. in this significant Title VII matter. |
