Eleventh Circuit· 6/11/2012

Reginald Jones v. UPS Group Freight

Citations

683 F.3d 1283
88 Fed. R. Serv. 881
2012 WL 2086475
2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 11798
96 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,637
115 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 278

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holding that jury could find “physically threatening” that two co-workers approached the plaintiff at night with a crowbar to ask if the plaintiff had reported other acts of racial harassment
concluding that conduct was physically threatening when the plaintiff was approached by two employees wearing confederate flag clothing at night with an object that “could be perceived as a weapon”
stating that “only conduct that is ‘based on’ a protected category, such as race, may be considered in a hostile work environment analysis”
observing that the plaintiff was approached by two co-workers, “at night,” one of whom was wielding “an object that could be perceived as a weapon”
adopting in a racial context the language of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc., 523 U.S. 75, 81 (1998)
“The general rule is that inadmissible hearsay cannot be considered on a motion for summary judgment.”

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Judges: Carnes, Pryor, Ripple

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