Patsy Elaine CARMON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LUBRIZOL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee

Plaintiff-Appellant Patsy Elaine Carmon challenges the district court’s judgment on partial findings dismissing her claims of discrimination under Title VII. Specifically, Carmon contends that the district court applied the wrong legal standard to her “hostile work environment” claim premised on sexual harassment, i.e., that the district court should have applied the standard recently reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. 1

We conclude that Carmon thoroughly misapprehends the basis of the district court’s dismissal. First, the district court did apply the standard…