Helen Brooms, Cross-Appellee v. Regal Tube Company, Copperweld Corporation and Charles Gustafson, Cross-Appellants

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• holding that constructive discharge was established after “repeated instances of grossly offensive conduct and commentary” that culminated in an incident where a coworker showed the plaintiff a racist pornographic (continued...
• recognizing \that an employer is liable for an employee's action if the employer knew or should have known about an employee's acts of harassment and fails to take appropriate remedial action\
• recognizing \that an employer is liable for an employee’s action if the employer knew or should have known about an employee’s acts of harassment and fails to take appropriate remedial action\
• finding constructive discharge where the employee's human resource manager repeatedly showed her racist pornographic photos and made threatening comments to her including a threat to kill her
• finding a hostile work environment where a human resources manager threatened to kill the plaintiff and repeatedly showed her racist pornographic photos
• finding constructive discharge where severe harassment culminated with a co-worker grabbing the plaintiff and threatening to kill her

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