Reed v. MBNA Marketing Systems, Inc.

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• holding that employer’s affirmative defense of reasonableness “is itself a jury issue unless no reasonable jury could decide it in the plaintiff’s favor”
• holding that employer’s affirmative defense of reasonableness “is itself a jury issue unless no reasonable jury could decide it in the plaintiff’s favor”
• finding that defendant had satisfied the first prong of the defense where plaintiff could not show that defendant “lacked a substantial antiharassment program”
• finding that defendant had satisfied the first prong of the defense where plaintiff could not show that defendant “lacked a substantial antiharassment program”.
• affirming district court's summary judgment determination that defendant satisfied the first element of the defense by promulgating an anti-harassment policy with a complaint procedure
• constructive discharge qualifies as a tangible employment action only when effected through a supervisor's official act

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