Last August, a federal appeals court ruled that a religious discrimination case filed by a former Ramsey employee could go forward. In that case, Brad Amos, who was a video editor for Ramsey Solutions, said he was fired because he disagreed with his employer’s views on religion and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dave Ramsey was critical of COVID-19 shutdowns and demanded employees go back to work in person, saying his company would be guided by faith not fear. Amos has argued his faith required him to abide by social distancing and other COVID-19 health precautions. The Amos lawsuit was originally dismissed, but that dismissal was reversed on appeal. O’Connor’s lawyer cited the Amos appeal in asking Richardson to reconsider.
Ramsey’s attorneys are attempting to quash a subpoena that would require him to testify at the Amos trial, which is set for mid-July, saying he was not involved in the decision to fire Amos and that appearing at the trial would disrupt his radio talk show, “The Ramsey Show,” where Ramsey dispenses his folksy and sometimes sarcastic faith-based views about money.
“With all due respect, the subpoena to Mr. Ramsey appears to be one more effort to waste Mr. Ramsey’s time after four years of litigation,” Ramsey’s attorney wrote in their motion.
In 2022, Ramsey Solutions settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee who said she lost her job after coming out as gay.
A class action suit, filed by former listeners of Ramsey’s talk show, is currently on hold. Those former listeners say they were defrauded by one of the companies Ramsey repeatedly endorsed. That company, Dave Ramsey and the Lampo Group have asked an appeals court to compel the former listeners into arbitration.
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