United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant in a case brought by a nurse alleging retaliation and a Title VII hostile work environment based on national origin against the veterans hospital that employed her is affirmed where there was no basis in the record for attributing the reasons for the alleged conduct to defendant's national origin or foreignness, and the hospital did not negligently fail to take proper preventive or corrective measures in response to co-worker comments to defendant regarding her complaints to the EEOC.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/02/2006
• Decided 10/02/2006
• Published 10/02/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Timothy A. Bridge (argued), St. Charles, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gina E. Brock (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.