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· 4/20/2000

Robert Tutman v. Wbbm-Tv, Inc./cbs, Inc.

Citations

  • 209 F.3d 1044
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 7058
  • 77 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 46,356
  • 82 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1178
  • 2000 WL 424267

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the employer “responded promptly to [the employee’s] harassment complaint” by “beg[inning to] investigat[e] [the employee’s] allegation on the day of the incident”
  • noting that remedial action that makes a victim worse off is ineffective per se
  • observing that in cases finding constructive discharge, plaintiffs were subjected to severe and sustained harassment
  • concluding investigation was sufficient as a matter of law when it included multiple interviews, plaintiff did not dispute a single paragraph, and plaintiff failed to cite any cases in support
  • noting that remedial action that makes a victim worse off is ineffective per se
  • “Working conditions for constructive discharge must be even more egregious than the high standard for hostile work environment … .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Manion, Kanne, Rovner

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