Weatherholt v. National Liberty Insurance

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• explaining that the plaintiff must show that her protected “complaints were a motivating factor in a response that was intended to punish or deter [her] for making the complaints’’
• finding that the plaintiff’s reliance on an allegation that the district “was unable to curb the harassment and/or did not sufficiently discipline her harassers” did not support a claim of retaliation
• finding a female student's complaints concerning the failure to eradicate discrimination in the school were entitled to First Amendment protection
• finding the first and second requirements were satisfied where plaintiff and her parents reported to the principal and superintendent incidents of bullying and sexual harassment
• “A school principal and a school district superintendent are appropriate school officials to whom student-on-student harassment should be reported and each is capable of taking corrective action to eliminate the inappropriate conduct.”

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