Legal Opinion

Gray v. Genlyte Group, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 18, 2002No. 01-1915PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal stems from Linda Gray’s suit in the district court charging Genlyte Group with liability under Massachusetts law for sexual harassment. The jury returned a special verdict for Genlyte, finding that Gray had been subject to sexual harassment by a Genlyte employee but not through conduct sufficiently severe or pervasive to warrant liability. Gray now appeals, claiming errors in the instructions to the jury and in rulings on admissibility of evidence.

We begin with a brief synopsis of the evidence on both sides. In assessing sufficiency-of-the-evidence claims, we…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Faragher v. City of Boca RatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. VinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Marianna Distasio v. Perkin Elmer CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
  5. College-Town, Division of Interco, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987

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3Cited by37 opinions

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