If it truly happened that way, hope the man wins.
Quoted from http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/122107dnmetwaxlawsuit.245849f.html:
But the response the 52-year-old diabetic from Waxahachie received one morning this April was humiliating, discriminatory because of his race and excessive, the man’s attorney said.