Thompson v. Memorial Hosp. of Carbondale

How courts have described this case

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• finding that a few offensive statements made directly to plaintiff and a racist statement made outside of plaintiff’s presence did not “reflect severe or pervasive enough conduct to be actionable under Title VII”
• finding argument first raised in Rule 50(b) motion was not preserved
• finding argument first raised in Rule 50(b) motion was not preserved
• finding argument first raised in Rule 50(b) motion was not preserved
• “The idea behind requiring proof of an adverse employment action is simply that a statute which forbids employment discrimination is not intended to reach every bigoted act or gesture that a worker might encounter in the workplace.”
• “The idea behind requiring proof of an adverse employment action is simply that a statute which forbids employment discrimination is not intended to reach every bigoted act or gesture that a worker might encounter in the workplace.”

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