Greer v. Paulson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that hearsay inadmissible as evidence “counts for nothing” on summary judgment
• noting that a plaintiff’s statements about another employee’s comment was “sheer hearsay” that “counts for nothing” on summary judgment
• finding that “‘sheer hearsay . . . counts for nothing’ on summary judgment” (quoting Gleklen v. Democratic Cong. Campaign Comm., 199 F.3d 1365, 1369 (D.C. Cir. 2000))
• finding that placement on leave without pay, which entailed, inter alia, a loss of compensation and negative consequences for employee’s eligibility for benefits, was an adverse employment action
• stating that “harassment and hostile incidents may occur by telephone or in person during an employee’s communication with her employer while she is not working or away from the office”
• finding that “{t]o survive' summary judgment the non-moving party must ‘produce evidence ... capable of being converted into admissible evidence’” and that “ ‘sheer hearsay[ ] ... counts for nothing* ” (internal citations omitted)

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