Consumer Law
Black Woman Wins at Casino, Sues Bank Alleging Racial Discrimination for Refusal to Cash Check
Lizzie Pugh, 71, hit the jackpot and won thousands of dollars at a Michigan casino earlier this year. When she tried to cash in her check at Fifth Third Bank, she said that she was turned away by employees. Now she is filing a lawsuit against the bank. Fifth Third Bank denies her allegations.
Growing up in the Jim Crow South, Lizzie Pugh is no stranger to racism.
But, decades later and now living in Michigan, the 71-year-old never thought she’d be disdainfully turned away by a bank for trying to cash in honest winnings she collected from Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort during an April trip with her church group.
