Maxine SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Defendant-Appellee

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• finding conduct of which plaintiff complained too isolated and lacked the repetitive effect necessary to maintain a hostile environment claim
• to prove a hostile working environment, plaintiff must show that the harassment was “severe, debilitating or pervasive”
• not sufficient for a sexual harassment claim where plaintiff being subjected to propositions, lewd comments and a slap on the buttocks when these were relatively isolated instances

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