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· 2/19/2008

Anda v. Wickes Furniture Co., Inc.

Citations

  • 517 F.3d 526
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 3433
  • 90 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,121
  • 102 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1274
  • 2008 WL 425608

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the party opposing summary judgment “may not merely point to unsupported self-serving allegations” to create a dispute of fact
  • holding that an employer had no way of knowing of alleged harassment where the employee did not follow the established reporting procedures, of which the employee was aware, and did not othexwise make an effort to report the alleged harassment to the employer
  • finding that even if coworker’s conduct “rose to the level of . . . harassment, [the employer] took prompt and effective remedial action,” precluding the employee’s claim of hostile work environment
  • holding inadmissible testimony by employee plaintiff that employees at another store location had informed plaintiff that their managers had informed them about a rule, the existence of which was material to plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim
  • considering a summary judgment motion, the district court views the evidence and draws all inferences in a light most favorable to the non-moving party
  • stating \[a] plaintiff may not merely point to unsupported self-serving allegations\ (quoting Bass v. SBC Commc'ns, Inc. , 418 F.3d 870 , 872 (8th Cir. 2005), abrogated on other grounds by Torgerson , 643 F.3d at 1058

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Judges: Murphy, Hansen, Gruender

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