Ottman v. City of Independence

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• concluding the district court erred in finding a triable issue for the jury where the conduct consisted of belittling and sexist remarks on almost a daily basis over a four-year period
• concluding the district court erred in finding a triable issue for the jury where the conduct consisted of belittling and sexist remarks on almost a daily basis over a four-year period
• reversing denial of summary judgment and “conclud[ing] the district court erred in finding a triable issue for the jury” where a coworker made sexist and belittling comments to, about, and around plaintiff “on a weekly, if not daily, basis”
• reversing denial of summary judgment and “conclud[ing] the district court erred in finding a triable issue for the jury” where a coworker made sexist and belittling comments to, about, and around plaintiff “on a weekly, if not daily, basis”
• the harasser who made sexist remarks almost daily did not have supervisory authority over the plaintiff or authority to recommend disciplinary action against her
• supervisory liability for violation of federally protected right occurs when supervisor is personally involved or when corrective inaction constitutes deliberate indifference; supervisor must know about conduct and in some way acquiesce

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).