United States Fifth Circuit

Where factual questions exist regarding an employer's vicarious liability for sexual harassment by a supervisor, as to the employer's affirmative defense under the Ellerth/Faragher test, summary judgment for the employer is improper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/05/2002
• Published 07/08/2002

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vincent Charles Cofield (argued), Cofield's Law Offices, Natchitoches, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Henry Philip Julien, Jr. (argued), The Kullman Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.