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Fourth Circuit· 2/13/2001

Barrett v. Applied Radiant Energy Corp.

Citations

  • 240 F.3d 262

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “[l]ittle can be done to correct [harassing] behavior unless the victim first blows the whistle on it”
  • recognizing employee’s \duty . . . to alert the employer to the allegedly hostile environment\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • recognizing employee’s \duty . . . to alert the employer to the allegedly hostile environment\ (internal quotation marks omit- ted)
  • noting that any presumption of “reasonable care” arising from the distribution of an anti-harassment policy can be rebutted through proof that the policy was adopted or administered in bad faith or that the policy was otherwise defective or dysfunctional
  • rejecting view that \friendships should relieve an employee of her reporting obligation and effectively impose automatic liability on the employer\
  • rejecting view that “friendships should relieve an employee of her reporting obligation and effectively impose automatic liability on the employer”

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Judges: Wilkinson, Traxler, Hamilton

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Cites

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