United States Seventh Circuit

An employer need not tolerate the continued presence of an employee who has terrified his coworkers merely because the technical elements of an assault are not present, and any workplace rule limiting the employer's action to a verbal reprimand in such a case would be absurd and void.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/30/2001
• Decided 10/03/2001
• Published 10/03/2001

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter V. Bustamante (argued), Adler, Murphy & McQuillen, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Erik G. Light (argued), Office of Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Thomas L. Ciecko, Ciecko & Murphy, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.