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· 5/5/1976

Kessler v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance

Citations

  • 531 F.2d 248

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • imposing on employers the obligation to take “reasonable steps under the circumstances to correct and/or prevent racial harassment”
  • employer who takes reasonable steps to correct and/or prevent racial harassment by its nonsupervisory personnel does not violate Title V I I
  • “[Ojnce an employer has in good faith taken those measures which are both feasible and reasonable under the circumstances to combat the offensive conduct, we do not think he can be charged with discriminating on the basis of race.”
  • seriousness of the conduct is a factor to be considered
  • “[O]nce an employer has in good faith taken those measures which are both feasible and reasonable under the circumstances to combat the offensive conduct, we do not think he can be charged with discriminating on the basis of race.”

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Judges: Brown, Ingraham, Wisdom

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