"Attorney Crump files second lawsuit against State Farm", 17 Feb 2022

[B]en Crump, a nationally renowned personal injury and civil rights attorney, and lawyers from the Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge law firm made the announcement during a press conference held at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters.... accus[ing] State Farm of having a “pattern and practice” of allegedly engaging in racism against Blacks and people of color.

Joining [the attorneys was] Shashi Mandhyan, a 19-year employee, who is Asian American of Indian descent and who revealed she was discriminated against by the company, including receiving negative performance evaluations and ultimately fired “based on her race.”

After she was fired, Mandhyan filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and after a year-long investigation that concluded last October, the investigation determined there was substantial evidence of State Farm harassing and retaliating against her “based on race, including issuing a negative performance evaluation based on race,” then firing her based on the same reason...

...Also present was Dr. Carla Campbell-Jackson, an African American, 28-year veteran employee. Last December, Dr. Campbell-Jackson, ...announced she was suing State Farm for similar reasons after a federal EEOC investigated her claims of racism...

Last December, ...Crump sued State Farm for allegedly engaging in “systematic racism, discrimination and retaliation”...