Court Opinion

ID: 9474261
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 04:52:08.615387+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:43:59.155338
License: Public Domain

HILL, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part; dissenting in part.
I concur in the judgment insofar as it reverses summary judgment on the Title VII claim. I agree with the trial judge that unfair treatment of an employee, standing alone, does not make out a Title VII case; the mistreatment must be because the employee was female. However, as the opinion demonstrates, there was evidence from which the fact-finder could conclude not only that Ms. Bell was mistreated but also that this treatment was directed to her because she was female.
I dissent as to the reversal of summary judgment for the defendant on plaintiff’s state claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress. I would affirm that part of the judgment of the district court.