Amanda Malphurs v. Cooling Towers Systems Inc.

Amanda Malphurs worked at Cooling Towers Systems Inc. for about six months. After she quit her job, she brought suit against Cooling Towers and its owner, Joe Coates, alleging that the defendants had failed to pay her for overtime she worked and that Coates had sexually harassed her throughout her employment at Cooling Towers. A jury found for the defendants on the overtime claim and for Malphurs on the sexual harassment claims. They challenge a number of the district court’s pre- and post-trial rulings. 1

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Malphurs’ complaint alleged that “[o]n numerous occasions,” Coates had her work late so…