Opinion ID: 56302
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Laquanda Plantt

Text: Like Laney, the magistrate found that Plantt had not been subjected to any offensive behavior herself but rather overheard isolated remarks that were offensive, and thus did not meet her burden of either subjective or objective harassment severe enough to interfere with her employment. Plantt overheard Mulhare call Hardin “a lazy nigger” and testified that she heard employees use the word “ghetto,” although she was unable to identify any specific instance in which it was used. Moreover, Plantt admitted that she used the term “ghetto” but not at 31 work. Plantt also argues that she was subject to harassment when forced to work outside despite her doctor’s note indicating that she could not work in the sun. But, as ESPN Zone notes, there is no evidence that this assignment outside had anything to do with racial hostility. Given this scant evidence, Plantt cannot show that she experienced harassment so severe as to interfere with her employment.