United States Seventh Circuit

In plaintiff's suit against her employer and another employee claiming discrimination because of race and retaliation under Title VII, as well as state law claims, district court's grant of defendants' motion for summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's Title VII claims, except her retaliation claim, are barred due to her failure to either timely file with the EEOC or to include those claims in her EEOC charge; 2) plaintiff has not met her burden to avoid summary judgment on her retaliation claim; 3) summary judgment was properly granted as to a defamation claim as defendants have shown that a privilege applies and plaintiff has not shown that there was abuse of privilege; and 4) summary judgment was properly granted on plaintiff's claim against the employer for vicarious liability as this claim depended on the defamation claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/31/2010
• Decided 07/16/2010
• Published 07/16/2010

Judges

• DARRAH

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel