Opinion ID: 1188829
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Request for discipline following Upshaw's lawsuit

Text: On December 7, 2004, approximately one month after Upshaw filed her lawsuit, Hughes-Sharp emailed Taylor to arrange a conference call to discuss the timeline that James Brooks and Hughes-Sharp were preparing. On or about December 14, 2004, James Brooks emailed Taylor a draft request for disciplinary action against Upshaw. At deposition, Brooks explained that he sought Taylor's permission to terminate Upshaw on the basis that the numerous complaints and problems that she created for [Ford], the fact that her nitpicking was requiring almost full time of two, approximately two people in the [Human Resources] section[, specifically, Hughes-Sharp and Johnson,] to handle these complaints and issues and that at some point, we needed to stop this. (JA 445.) Taylor did not take immediate action on the request, and in the interim, the following events occurred.