Case: Discrimination/Sexual Harassment (E.D. La.)

The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is entitled to summary judgment on a female administrative coordinator’s sexual and racial harassment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a federal district court in Louisiana ruled. LSU opened an investigation and assigned her to a private workstation after she reported an incident in which a veterinarian—whom she alleged had previously harassed her—slapped her on the buttocks. The court found that, because she submitted an affidavit stating that she had a good relationship with her coworker and that he never said anything inappropriate to ...