Even if the male defendants made unwelcome comments to the male plaintiff on a frequent basis, and even if defendant Grady exposed himself to plaintiff on a number of occasions, plaintiff does not allege sufficient facts to show that acts ...

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Pitrolo v. County of Buncombe Since plaintiff’s main objective was a damages award, which she did not receive, and since no greater public purpose has been served by this lawsuit, plaintiff is not entitled to an award of attorney’s fees.

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Rivers v. Time Warner Cable Inc. Where plaintiff alleged only isolated incidents of non-sexual inappropriate behavior by her superior, she failed to allege a hostile work environment.

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Gerner v. County of Chesterfield, Va. Reversing the trial court, the 4th Circuit says a female county employee laid off after 26 years on the job can sue under Title VII on a claim that she was offered a less favorable severance package than that offered to male employees who held similar positions.

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Dulaney v. Packaging Corp. of America A female production worker at a Roanoke packaging plant who alleges the male employee who supervised her shift sexually harassed her by stalking her, threatening her with disciplinary action if she did not have sex with him and told other employees she was a “whore” and had a sexually transmitted disease, can pursue her Title VII claim, as the 4th Circuit vacates summary judgment for the employer.

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Scott v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Where the complaint alleges that plaintiffs were discriminated against based on their gender as a result of subjective decisions made at the local store level, they cannot satisfy the commonality requirement of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a). Defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ class action claims is granted. Plaintiffs allege that defendant discriminates on the basis of sex by paying female store managers less than male store managers.

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Hoyle v. Freightliner LLC. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-01-0355, 25 pp.) (Davis, J.) No. 09-2024, April 1, 2011; USDC at Charlotte (Mullen, J.) 4th Cir. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The 4th Circuit vacates summary judgment ...

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An attorney with an employment-discrimination case will most likely take the case to the nearest county courthouse to be heard by a state judge. But just as likely, the defense counsel for the employer will have it removed to federal ...

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Mosby-Grant v. City of Hagerstown (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-1238, 21 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 09-2161, Dec. 20, 2010; USDC at Baltimore (Legg, J.) 4th Cir. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The 4th Circuit reverses summary ...

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The Ethics Committee of the State Bar considered a controversial amendment to the preamble to the Rules of Professional Conduct at its quarterly meeting late last week in Pinehurst. The original amended language provided that a lawyer, "[w]hile employed in a professional capacity ... should avoid knowingly manifesting through word or deed or bias or prejudice based upon a person's race, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or other protected status or personal characteristic." Alice Mine (pictured) serves as ethics counsel for the State Bar. [...]

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