Legal Opinion
Wathen v. General Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1997No. 95-6339PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Paula Wathen appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to her former employer General Electric Company (“GE”) and three former employees, in this action involving allegations of sexual harassment. Wathen asserts claims under Title VII, and the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, as well as claims under Kentucky law for the intentional tort of outrageous conduct and for breach of contract. We affirm the district court, finding: (1) neither Title VII nor the Kentucky Civil Rights Act allows employees/supervisors to be sued in their…
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