United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant employer in a suit under ADA, Title VII, and ERISA is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not provide evidence of a disability and failed to identify a similarly situated individual that was treated differently; 2) plaintiff did not show gender discrimination through either the direct or indirect methods; and 3) plaintiff did not show retaliation under Title VII. The judgment is reversed where plaintiff was able to raise a genuine issue of material fact concerning sexual harassment by a co-worker.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/2006
• Decided 01/03/2007
• Published 01/03/2007

Judges

• FLAUM, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kimberly A. Carr (argued), Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington, Joliet, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cathryn E. Albrecht, Paul Patten (argued), Jackson Lewis, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.