Horseshoe Casino to Pay Fired Dealer $150,000

Horseshoe Baltimore Casino and its parent company, Caesars Entertainment, have agreed to pay $150,000 to Quann Massey, a former blackjack dealer who alleges he was fired from a night shift after suffering a heart attack. The settlement was approved by U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson on Tuesday, November 3. The settlement does not mean the defendants admitted to wrongdoing.

Massey joined the casino in December 2022 and became a blackjack dealer in April 2023. A few days after starting his new role, he suffered a heart attack while working on the casino floor and was taken to the cardiac intensive care unit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says that casino management and human resources were informed of the heart attack, his extended hospital treatment, the need for surgery, and his medical leave.

Massey asked about alternative working hours, scheduling arrangements, and other job modifications for his return to work. According to the commission, a table games manager told him not to return to work if he had medical restrictions. The EEOC argues that the companies fired Massey without notifying him, and then refused to reinstate him and rehire him, which it describes as a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The lawsuit was filed in December 2025 after conciliation efforts failed during the administrative process.

In addition to the payment, the settlement requires three years of monitoring and workplace compliance measures at Horseshoe Baltimore. Managers, supervisors, and human resources staff will receive at least three hours of disability discrimination training, while other employees will receive at least two hours of training. The casino will keep records of disability-based discrimination complaints, requests for workplace accommodations, and how those requests were handled, and will submit them to the EEOC every 120 days.