United States Ninth Circuit

In a sexual harassment suit, summary judgment for defendants and additional rulings against plaintiff are affirmed in part, but reversed in part and remanded where: 1) summary judgment for employer was error as to a Title VII hostile environment claim, as well as a claim for respondeat superior liability on an assault and battery claim; 2) dismissal of an assault and battery claim against a supervisor was error; and 3) summary judgment for the supervisor on an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim was improper.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/15/2007
• Decided 08/09/2007
• Published 08/09/2007

Judges

• BYBEE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ALFRED T. GOODWIN, JAY S. BYBEE, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ivan K. Mathew & Susan T. Mathew, Mathew & Mathew, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephanie J. Quincy & Gregg J. Tucek, Sherman & Howard, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellees.