Opinion ID: 156780
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Heading: Gunnell's Requested Instruction

Text: 57 Gunnell also appeals the district court's refusal to give her proposed instruction on employer liability for retaliation. Her proposed instruction stated: 58 An employer, such as Utah Valley State College, may be liable for any act of unlawful retaliation [sic] which is (1) committed by an employee acting within the scope of his or her employment; (2) committed by an employee in which the employer was negligent or reckless; or (3) in which the employee purported to act or speak on behalf of the employer and there was reliance upon apparent authority, or the employee was aided in accomplishing the retaliation by the existence of the agency relation. 59 The law of this circuit requires Gunnell to show that she was intentionally retaliated against by her employer. See Purrington, 996 F.2d at 1033. Gunnell's proposed instruction does not instruct the jury that the employer's retaliation must have been intentional, and indeed would impose liability on a negligent employer, a standard we reject above. Because Gunnell's proposed instruction was an erroneous statement of the law, the district court did not err in refusing to give it. See Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Appling, 992 F.2d 1109, 1115 (10th Cir.1993).