Legal Opinion
Sandy Diana Hirras v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, D/B/A Amtrak
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1994No. 92-5753PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Sandy Diana Hirras brought this lawsuit against her employer, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”), alleging that Amtrak failed to provide her with a work environment free from gender-based discrimination. The district court dismissed Hirras’s Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1988), state law intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress claims. We affirm.
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Hirras alleges that shortly after Amtrak hired her as a ticket clerk at its San Antonio station, she was verbally abused by…
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