United States Seventh Circuit

Where plaintiff-employee lacks evidence establishing that his employer had any actual knowledge of harassing supervisor's conduct, nothing more than good faith efforts to comply with Title VII can be expected, and punitive damages are not appropriate.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/30/2001
• Decided 05/14/2001
• Published 05/14/2001

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Brian R. Holman, Jeffrey M. Friedman, argued, Friedman & Holman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., David B. Ritter, argued, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.