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· 12/23/1998

Gail E. ABEITA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANSAMERICA MAILINGS, INC., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

Citations

  • 159 F.3d 246

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that if there is no evidence that a plaintiff was aware of certain conduct, that conduct is irrelevant to the evaluation of a hostile work environment claim
  • holding that a plaintiff failed to establish the fourth element because she did not provide evidence to support her claim that her former employer initially intended to replace her with a man
  • holding that a plaintiff failed to establish the fourth element because she did not provide evidence to support her claim that her former employer initially intended to replace her with a man
  • holding that issues of material fact existed as to whether employer’s alleged comments, only one of which was directed specifically at the employee, created a hostile environment when the comments were allegedly “commonplace, ongoing, and continual”
  • noting that sex-based comments need not be directed at a plaintiff in order to constitute conduct violating Title VII
  • explaining that whether a discriminatory comment is directed at a plaintiff- employee “contributes” to the severity of the harassment

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Judges: Kennedy, Cole, Russell

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