Legal Opinion
Burnett v. Tyco Corp.
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided July 19, 1996No. 96-1132PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT PHILLIPS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
TODD, District Judge.
This action involves a claim of sexual harassment pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Tennessee Human Rights Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-21-101 et seq. Plaintiff Jenny Burnett is an employee of Grinnell Corporation. She filed suit against Grinnell and its personnel manager, Jim Phillips, and also against Grinnell’s parent company, Tyco Corporation. Plaintiff seeks both compensatory and punitive damages, and also invoke the court’s supplemental jurisdiction to hear various state…
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