McKNIGHT v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 86-0877.

143 Wis.2d 67 (1987)

420 N.W.2d 370

Gary McKNIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Dennis Cronk and Gilbert Amborn, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert J. Gingras of Fox, Fox, Schaefer & Gingras, Madison, Wisconsin.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert L. Binder and Maureen A. McGinnity of Foley & Lardner, of Milwaukee.

Before Moser, P.J., Wedemeyer and Sullivan, JJ.


SULLIVAN, J.

In August of 1978, Gary McKnight began work as a manufacturing supervisor with A.C. Spark Plug, a division of General Motors Corporation (GMC). After three years of what McKnight alleges was outrageous racial discrimination, he was laid off in December 1981.

On February 18, 1983, McKnight filed a complaint in the circuit court for Milwaukee county alleging unlawful racial discrimination under 42 U.S...

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