Bourquin v. Keybank, N.A.

Sherck, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment issued by the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas to an employer in an employment discrimination suit. Because we conclude that the employee’s state claims were not barred by an election of remedies, we reverse.

In 1996, appellant, Tom Bourquin, a six-year employee of appellee KeyBank, N.A., 1 began to perceive what he characterized as a continuing pattern of harassment visited upon him by his supervisor. Appellant claimed that this conduct created a hostile work environment and interfered with his job. Appellant believed that the reason…