ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Fujitec Beats Ex-Top Atty's Racial Bias Claims, For Now Law360 (February 8, 2021, 10:30 PM EST) -- An Ohio federal judge trimmed a discrimination and defamation suit Monday by a black former Fujitec America chief legal officer against the elevator maker, its CEO and a former colleague he says accused him of harassment, but gave the former executive another shot at amending nearly all his claims. In a 43-page order, U.S. District Judge Douglas R. Cole tossed the majority of Darryl Mitchell's claims, finding that he has not plausibly alleged the necessary elements for an intentional infliction of emotional distress claims, retaliation, wrongful termination and discrimination claims.