Vickers v. Fairfield Medical Center
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
453 F.3d 757 (2006)
- Written by Nan Futrell, JD
Facts
Christopher Vickers (plaintiff) worked as a private police officer for Fairfield Medical Center (FMC) (defendant) with fellow police officers, Kory Dixon, John Mueller, and Steve Anderson (defendants). Anderson, a police chief, was Vickers’s supervisor. From May 2002 through March 2003, the defendants allegedly subjected Vickers to relentless, sexually explicit harassment on a daily basis regarding Vickers’s sexual orientation, sexual preferences, and sexual activities outside the workplace. The harassment included derogatory comments and name-calling, obscene gestures, physical abuse, and humiliation in front of other employees. Vickers sued FMC and his co-workers, alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court held that the defendants were entitled to judgment as a matter of law, because Vickers failed to state a claim that would entitle him to relief. Vickers appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Gibbons, J.)
Dissent (Lawson, J.)
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