Legal Opinion
Chavez-Acosta v. Southwest Cheese Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 20, 2015No. 13-2227UnpublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND JUDGMENT **
GREGORY A. PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Lorena Chavez-Acosta was an employee of Defendant Southwest Cheese Company, LLC (“SWC”) from August 2010 until July 2011, when she resigned. Chavez-Acosta contends that her resignation was compelled by repeated acts of sexual harassment by fellow employees Chance Senkevich and Cody Stewart that made her work environment intolerable. Chavez-Acosta eventually sued SWC in New Mexico state court, asserting claims of: (1) a hostile work environment due to sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII and of the New…
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