Legal Teams and Aftermath
Gumm was represented by Gwen-Marie Davis Hicks of GDH Law Firm, who argued that summary judgment procedures are increasingly being used to shut down valid discrimination claims before they reach a jury.
AK Steel, meanwhile, was represented by John T. Below of Bodman PLC, who maintained that the company acted lawfully in firing Gumm after a legitimate investigation into workplace misconduct.
Neither party immediately responded to requests for comment on the Supreme Court’s decision.
With the denial, Peter Gumm’s Steel Retaliation Suit ends without further review, marking another instance where the high court declined to intervene in a workplace discrimination and retaliation dispute — leaving unresolved questions about how far employers can go in invoking internal investigations as shields against bias claims.
