Legal Opinion
Collette Meriwether v. Caraustar Packaging Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2003No. 02-3138, 02-3452PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
The district court 1 granted summary-judgment in favor of Caraustar Packaging Company (Caraustar) on Collette Meri-wether’s (Meriwether) employment claim for sexual harassment. Meriwether appeals, alleging the single instance of a coworker grabbing her buttock constituted actionable sexual harassment against her employer, even though Caraustar took prompt remedial action. Meriwether also appeals the district court’s award of attorney fees to Caraustar. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Meriwether worked at Caraustar, a manufacturer of custom packaging products, as a “feeder-catcher”…
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