A federal judge has refused to certify a proposed class-action race discrimination suit against Merck & Co. brought by 11 black workers who claim that blacks are routinely denied promotions they deserve while less qualified whites win quick trips up the corporate ladder.
“Simply put, resolution of the merits of the claims would degenerate into an unmanageable plethora of multiple individual determinations for each individual proposed class member,” Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Weiner wrote in Webb v. Merck & Co.
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