Legal Opinion
Mary A. COLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BAPTIST MEMORIAL GERIATRIC CENTER, and Odus Taylor Henley, Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1991No. 90-1396PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Mary Collins appeals an adverse judgment on her Title VII sexual harassment claim. At trial, she developed three theories in support of the claim — retaliation, hostile environment, and quid pro quo. The essence of her claim is that the executive Director of the Baptist Memorial Geriatric Center sexually harassed female employees and fired her for opposing the harassment. Defendants deny harassment and urge that Collins was fired for insubordination. Most of the issues on appeal relate to the sufficiency of the evidence in support of the district court’s…
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