Ex-Steeler Merriweather settles suit with Meadows
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Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Mike Merriweather has settled his lawsuit with The Meadows Racetrack & Casino.
According to a federal court document dated Feb. 12, Merriweather and the casino entered into a joint stipulation of dismissal of claims. Merriweather’s attorney, John Stember, of Stember, Cohn & Davidson-Welling in Pittsburgh, said he is unable to discuss the agreement, but said the issue was resolved.
Merriweather filed the federal lawsuit in December, claiming he was fired from his promotions job with The Meadows casino because of perceptions about his race.
Merriweather, 53, was a Pro Bowl linebacker for the Steelers during the 1980s and contends the casino’s white management made disparaging remarks about him being potentially violent because he is black.
His job as director of sports marketing was to promote events that might attract other athletes to the casino in North Strabane Township.
Merriweather’s salary was to be $5,000 plus 10 percent of the money the casino generated from athletes who gambled after Merriweather invited them. The lawsuit contends he was fired in January 2012 and is still owed commissions he earned, which the lawsuit didn’t detail.
He was seeking unspecified damages, including lost pay.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.