Lawsuit: Applebee's server 'did not like Black people,' ignored black family while waiting on whites [View all]

FAIRFIELD TWP, OH (FOX19) - A server at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar who “did not like Black people” ignored an African American couple and their two young sons while all white customers were promptly served, including those who came in after them, a federal lawsuit alleges.

The suit, filed Friday by a prominent civil rights law firm, accuses the national chain restaurant of race discrimination at one of its now-closed locations in Ohio, specifically the northern Cincinnati suburbs of Fairfield Township.

The restaurant off Princeton Road near Ohio Bypass 4 shuttered in the past year, FOX19 NOW confirmed Monday. It was not immediately clear why.

The plaintiffs are Butler County residents Natisha Harrison and Benneet Harrison, who have been married for more than eight years, according to Gerhardstein & Branch law firm in Cincinnati.

Read more: http://www.wlbt.com/2019/04/08/lawsuit-applebees-server-did-not-like-black-people-ignored-black-family-while-waiting-whites/