Labor & Employment – Civil Rights – Hostile Work Environment – Post-Trial Motions

Labor & Employment – Civil Rights – Hostile Work Environment – Post-Trial Motions (access required)

Bennett v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Where plaintiff proffered evidence that (1) she was one of only two African-American women in her place of employment, (2) she received negative performance assessments when employees of a different race and gender had not, (3) her car was vandalized with a message to say off the railroad and a racial slur, and (4) a mannequin head with a noose around its neck was placed in the backseat of her car, plaintiff presented sufficient evidence that the harassment she withstood was both severe and pervasive.

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