Cushing v. General Time Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

This case involves a complaint by Francis Cushing against her employer, General Time Corporation, claiming that George Sachleben, as General Time’s Industrial Relations Manager, threatened her with termination, charged her with “malicious gossip”, talked to her in an ugly way and later suspended her, causing her embarrassment and emotional distress. The matter comes for consideration upon General Time’s motion for summary judgment which, without objection, was amended to assert an affirmative defense based on plaintiff’s having, prior to the suit,…