Shazor v. Professional Transit Management, Ltd.

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• concluding that plaintiff presented enough evidence to state a racial-harassment claim, but also permitting plaintiff to proceed on a cumulative theory based on race and sex
• concluding that plaintiff presented enough evidence to state a racial-harassment claim, but also permitting plaintiff to proceed on a cumulative theory based on race and sex
• holding that an investigation that consisted of one conversation with one person “did not establish sufficient particularized facts about the truth behind [the p]laintiff's [alleged lies], let alone her motive.”
• concluding that employer’s investigation into alleged misconduct that consisted of speaking with one person without establishing “sufficient particularized facts . . . failed to establish a foundation for the honest belief doctrine to apply”
• noting that an investigation where an employer interviews only one witness could turn up particularized facts sufficient to decide an employee engaged in misconduct
• explaining that a cat’s paw theory requires proof only that the subordinates intended to cause the discriminatory employment action and that those actions proximately caused the ultimate action

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