Legal Opinion
Lipphardt v. Durango Steakhouse of Brandon, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 28, 2001No. 00-11922PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we determine whether a plaintiff who was formerly involved in an intimate relationship with a coworker is precluded from bringing a claim against the employer for retaliatory discharge when the plaintiff was fired after reporting her ex-boyfriend’s harassing conduct to their employer. The magistrate judge granted defendant’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law after a jury found for the plaintiff. 1 We REVERSE.
I. BACKGROUND 2
Plaintiff-appellant, Mary Hope Lip-phardt, and Donald Knuth were employees of defendant-appellee, Durango Steakhouse…
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