Peck v. Sony Music Corp.
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
68 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 1025 (1995)
- Written by Elizabeth Yingling, JD
Facts
Shirley Peck (plaintiff) sued her former employer Sony Music Corp. (Sony) (defendant) for religious harassment and retaliatory discharge in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Peck testified in her deposition that her supervisor, James Nevius, regularly told Peck she was a sinner and had to repent, sang religious songs when Peck was around, and prayed over Peck’s desk with another Sony employee. Nevius did not make similar statements or act in a similar manner towards Peck’s coworkers. Contemporaneously with a complaint Peck made to Sony about Nevius’s conduct, Sony terminated Peck’s employment. After Peck sued, Sony filed a motion for summary judgment contending that Nevius’s conduct did not create a hostile work environment and alleging that Peck was fired for nondiscriminatory reasons.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Stanton, J.)
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