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· 1/27/1998

Elizabeth A. Karpel v. Inova Health System Services, T/a Inova Health System, T/a Cameron Glen Care Center

Citations

  • 134 F.3d 1222
  • 39 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1184
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 1056
  • 72 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,250
  • 76 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 25
  • 1998 WL 25699

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  • holding that issues raised for the first time on appeal will not be considered absent excep- tional circumstances
  • holding that employee’s failure to raise Title VII hostile work environment claim in district court prevented consideration of claim on appeal
  • finding that “[a]lthough Karpel presents little or no direct evidence of a causal connection between her protected activity and Inova’s adverse action, little is required.”
  • finding that employer’s conduct would not rise to the level of outrageousness required even if plaintiff was fired out of racial animosity or retaliation
  • upholding grant of summary judgment based, in part, on the employer’s assertion the employee failed to complete monthly summaries
  • refusing to consider a hostile-work-environment claim presented to the district court after summary judgment had been granted for the defendant

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Judges: Murnaghan, Ervin, Luttig

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