Who is tonya battle

Read the full settlement here. Nurse Tonya Battle, who works in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, filed a lawsuit claiming the hospital discriminated against her when it fulfilled a father's request not to let black nurses treat his child. Both sides announced they settled the suit Feb. The terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed. Stewart and Butler, who also work at the hospital, were added to the lawsuit as part of an amended complaint.

Both are also black. The plaintiffs in the case are responsible for paying any attorney fees they incurred as part of the lawsuit, according to the settlement.

Frankenmuth attorney Julie Gafkay, who represented the women, said the size of the settlement, particularly since there was no monetary loss, supports the claim that the nurses were wronged. A nurse's skin color is the subject of a recent lawsuit filed against a Michigan hospital accused of racial discrimination.

In the complaint, obtained by the local TV station, Battle claims that the newborn's father showed her supervisor "a swastika of some kind" and asked that no black people be involved in his child's care. Battle, who was taken off the case, was allegedly later told by a supervisor that the patient's request was granted. The suit also states that a note was appended to the patient's file that read "No African American nurse to take care of baby.

Although attorneys for Hurley Medical later objected to the decision, as UPI notes, the hospital is believed to have honored the patient's request for more than a month. Click over to WMEN to read the hospital's statement. Al Sharpton, held a news conference and small protest outside the hospital. Leading the news conference was the Rev. Charles Williams, president of the Michigan chapter, who later told the Detroit Free Press that he was surprised when Gavulic invited him to her office.

Both later said the meeting was productive. Williams was not part of the Thursday meeting to settle Battle's case, according to Battle's husband. Facebook Twitter Email. The hospital did not immediately respond late Friday to a CNN request for comment. A note made its way onto prominent spot on the baby's medical chart, according to the suit: "Please, no African-American nurses to care for The hospital's lawyer then objected to the decision, and the note was removed.