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· 9/7/2004

Tracey Lust v. Sealy, Inc.

Citations

  • 383 F.3d 580
  • 65 Fed. R. Serv. 298
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 18830
  • 85 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,775
  • 94 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 645
  • 2004 WL 1965667

How courts have described this case

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

  • criticizing the Fourth Circuit’s approach as “inconsistent with the normal analysis of causal issues in tort litigation”
  • sustaining jury verdict for plaintiff: “Most important, Penters admitted that he didn’t consider recommending Lust for the Chicago posi- tion because she had children and he didn’t think she’d want to relocate her family, though she hadn’t told him that.”
  • “The [cat’s paw] formula was (obviously) not intended to be taken literally.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bauer, Posner, Williams

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