Legal Opinion
Cruz LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S.B. THOMAS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 22, 1987No. 1017, Docket 86-7920PublishedCited by 356 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
This case presents for our consideration whether unchecked ethnic epithets directed towards an employee may contribute to the employee’s constructive discharge from his employment, and whether this type of harassment may also serve as the basis for a hostile work environment claim entitling plaintiff to relief in his civil rights suit against his employer. Although we recognize that an employer is unable to guaran tee a working environment uncontaminated by foul invective, the law nonetheless provides that when an employer knows or reasonably should know that…
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