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· 6/29/2000

Ann M. Hostetler v. Quality Dining, Inc.

Citations

  • 218 F.3d 798
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 15121
  • 78 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,086
  • 83 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 513
  • 2000 WL 862842

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  • recognizing that a jury reasonably could find, based on an employee’s complaints to a superior, that the employee perceived her environment as hostile
  • finding that an employee who told a manager that her supervisor’s behavior was “unacceptable” demonstrated “an unwillingness to tolerate further harassment”
  • noting that “even one act of harassment will suffice if it is egregious”
  • giving as examples “a hand on the shoul der, a brief hug, or a peck on the cheek”
  • reversing grant of summary judgment where plaintiff ’s co-worker forcibly kissed her and attempted to remove her bra
  • noting “[hlarassment need not be severe and pervasive to impose liability; one or the other will do

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Judges: Easterbrook, Flaum, Rovner

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