Norfolk Southern Beats Former Employee’s Sexual Harassment Suit

A former Norfolk Southern Railway Co. worker failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact that could preserve her sexual harassment suit, a federal magistrate judge ruled.

“Three arguably sexually suggestive comments made over the course of 15 months” don’t amount to the level of severity or pervasiveness that can support a Title VII hostile work environment claim, and the worker failed to sufficiently show that the conduct negatively altered her work conditions, Magistrate Judge Daryl F. Bloom, of the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Monday.

Even if she could assert a hostile work ...