Debra Jean SHEPHERD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF the STATE of TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that a series of offensive comments and minor physical touching over an almost two-year period was too infrequent and insufficiently severe
• holding that colleague’s comments that plaintiff’s “elbows are the same color as your nipples,” that she had “big thighs,” and that his lap was her “seat” were not sufficiently severe
• holding that occasional sexually teasing comments were “boorish and offense” but not severe
• finding that “each comment made by [harasser was] the equivalent of a mere utterance of an epithet that engender offensive feelings,” but did not suffice to survive summary judgment
• holding the “harassing actions, although offensive, are not the type of extreme conduct that would prevent [the plaintiff] from succeeding in the workplace”
• finding that four instances of inappropriate sexual remarks and several more instances of inappropriate touching over a two-year period were insufficient

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