Montgomery v. American Airlines, Inc.

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• holding that employer liability for coworker harassment requires that the employer be “negligent in dis- covering or remedying harassment”
• holding that a crew chief’s “occasional au- thority to oversee some aspects” of Montgomery’s work as a mechanic did not render him a Title VII supervisor
• explaining that testimony must be based on personal knowledge and “mere conclusory allegations do not constitute evidence”
• finding insufficient notice where complaints were too vague to put plaintiff on notice of racial harassment
• finding it unreasonable for plaintiff to believe that his crew chief was “the type of employee who could be expected to convey [his] complaints to someone who could stop the harassment” (quotations omitted)
• finding evidence that racial harassment from coworkers does not “constitute evidence allowing a jury to infer a ‘discriminatory motive behind [plaintiffs] demotion.’ ”

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