Leslie D. McPherson v. City of Waukegan

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• holding that the employer is strictly liable when the harasser is the employee’s supervisor, subject to an affirmative defense
• noting that a work environment can- not be hostile if it is not “perceive[d] to be so” by the victim
• explaining that “lamentably inappropriate” behavior did not create a hostile work environment “due to the limited nature and frequency of the objectionable conduct”
• holding that harasser’s sexually inappropriate questions to female staff heard by office manager and super- visor did not put employer on notice that employee would commit sexual assault in the future because the questions did not create an actionable hostile work environment
• pulling back plain- tiff’s tank top to look at her bra did not create a hostile work environment
• pulling back plaintiff’s tank top to look at her bra did not create a hostile work environment

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