United States Seventh Circuit

In an employment-discrimination suit alleging a hostile work environment, retaliation, FMLA violations, and assault by a supervisor, summary judgment for defendants, and dismissal of the assault claim as untimely, are affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to establish a basis for employer liability on the hostile-environment claim; 2) plaintiff did not produce evidence that his termination was based on his national origin, or that it was in retaliation for his complaints about discriminatory behavior; 3) plaintiff failed to give defendant notice of any need for FMLA leave; and 4) the assault claim did not relate back to the original complaint and was barred by the statute of limitations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/07/2008
• Published 11/07/2008

Judges

• FLAUM, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, WILLIAMS, SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Denise M. Mercherson (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John T. Roache, Jr. (argued), Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.