Case Name: Tammy L. MILLER; Plaintiff-Appellee, Russell W. Miller, Individually, and as guardian for, Dustan Gauley, Katie Gauley, Tabitha Miller, Nicholas Miller, and Brittany Miller, Plaintiff, v. WOODHARBOR MOLDING & MILLWORKS, INC.; Defendant-Appellant, Todd Piper; Curtis Lewerke; Jon Lewerke, Defendants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-04-18
Citations: 9 F. App'x 557
Docket Number: No. 00-2052
Parties: Tammy L. MILLER; Plaintiff-Appellee, Russell W. Miller, Individually, and as guardian for, Dustan Gauley, Katie Gauley, Tabitha Miller, Nicholas Miller, and Brittany Miller, Plaintiff, v. WOODHARBOR MOLDING & MILLWORKS, INC.; Defendant-Appellant, Todd Piper; Curtis Lewerke; Jon Lewerke, Defendants.
Judges: Before BOWMAN and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and CARMAN, Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 9
Pages: 557–558

Head Matter:
Tammy L. MILLER; Plaintiff-Appellee, Russell W. Miller, Individually, and as guardian for, Dustan Gauley, Katie Gauley, Tabitha Miller, Nicholas Miller, and Brittany Miller, Plaintiff, v. WOODHARBOR MOLDING & MILLWORKS, INC.; Defendant-Appellant, Todd Piper; Curtis Lewerke; Jon Lewerke, Defendants.
No. 00-2052.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted April 9, 2001.
Decided April 18, 2001.
Before BOWMAN and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and CARMAN, Judge.
The Honorable Gregory W. Carman, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
[UNPUBLISHED]
PER CURIAM.
Tammy Miller brought a sexual harassment lawsuit against her employer, Wood-harbor Molding & Millworks, Inc. The district court found Miller was subjected to a hostile work environment at Woodharbor, granted judgment in Miller's favor, and awarded her $15,000 in damages. After the district court's decision, the United States Supreme Court decided Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742, 118 S.Ct. 2257, 141 L.Ed.2d 633 (1998) and Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775, 118 S.Ct. 2275, 141 L.Ed.2d 662 (1998), which hold an employer is not vicariously liable for a supervisor's sexually harassing behavior if the employer can prove a two-part affirmative defense. We reversed and remanded for consideration of that affirmative defense. See Miller v. Woodharbor Molding & Millworks, Inc., 174 F.3d 948, 949 (8th Cir.1999) (per curiam). Applying Ellerth and Faragher on remand, the district court concluded Woodharbor failed to prove it exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct sexual harassment and failed to prove Mil ler unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities. The district court awarded damages, attorney fees, and postjudgment interest. Woodharbor appeals arguing the district court misapplied the affirmative defense standards. Having carefully considered the record, we conclude the district court properly applied the standards spelled out in Ellerth and Faragher, and affirm on the basis of the district court's thorough analysis. Woodharbor also contends the award of attorney's fees is excessive and unsupportable. We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining the attorney fee award. We thus affirm the district court's rulings. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.