By City News Service Feb 15, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Black former employee of an aviation company who alleges he was fired on a false sexual harassment allegation used as a pretext to cover up the firm's racial motives has agreed to have his claims heard in binding arbitration rather than by a jury. Walter Littles' Los Angeles Superior Court suit against OSM Aviation Inc. was filed Sept. 17 and alleged race-based discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, failure to prevent discrimination, hostile work environment, harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Littles sought unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. However, attorneys in the case filed court papers on Jan. 19 with Judge Susan Bryant-Deason stating that they had agreed to arbitrate the case.