Brenda Phillips v. Smalley Maintenance Services, Inc., a Corporation, and Ray Smalley, Individually

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• observing that the harassing supervisor, “aware of the importance to Plaintiff of her regular income, rendered her, in effect, an ‘economic prisoner’”
• noting with approval the district court's instruction to the fact-finder that the testimony of a female employee other than the plaintiff, alleging sexual harassment by the employer, was relevant only as to the employer's reason for dismissing the plaintiff
• noting with approval the district court’s instruction to the fact-finder that the testimony of a female employee other than the plaintiff, alleging sexual harassment by the employer, was relevant only as to the employer’s reason for dismissing the plaintiff
• district court did not abuse its discretion in exercising jurisdiction over pendent state claims of battery and tortious invasion of right of privacy in Title VII case
• medical experts’ testimony that plaintiff’s anxiety was related to the events surrounding her termination, and not caused by her physical problems, was admissible
• testimony by another female former employee that she was subject to similar treatment was relevant to employer’s reasons for terminating plaintiff, and was properly admitted under Rule 404(b) to prove employer’s motive, intent, or plan

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