EEOC's Charlotte, NC office filed this Title VII sexual harassment lawsuit against the defendant Federal Express Corp. at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Western Division) on 06/19/1998. The individual complainant, a female employee at FedEx's Raleigh, NC sorting facility, intervened in the lawsuit. The individual complainant alleged that she was subject to sexually hostile work environment. The complainant also alleged the state law claims of negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress. She requested altogether $ 1 million in pecuniary, non-pecuniary and punitive damages combined. There is no access to EEOC's complaint.

The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment on 07/02/1999. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle denied the motion on 03/09/2000 but set aside the decision on 10/30/2000. A hearing on the summary judgment motion was held later without a decision. On the second day of the jury trial 08/14/2001, EEOC and the defendant orally filed a consent motion for a directed verdict, based on which Judge Terrence dismissed the case. However, EEOC later appealed the decision and the defendant cross-appealed. The appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeals on 12/21/2001.

Justin Kanter - 08/12/2007


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