The 2nd Circuit has ruled that a district court erred in rejecting a hostile work environment claim, finding that Nicole Schiano alleged enough facts to support her claim that her superior's misbehavior was sufficiently severe or pervasive to amount to a hostile environment. The circuit said the lower court examined each claimed instance in isolation instead of evaluating the "ongoing pattern of sexually offensive and humiliating conduct" as a whole.
April 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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A district court erred in rejecting a woman’s claim that she was the victim of a hostile work environment, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said plaintiff Nicole Schiano alleged enough facts to support her claim that the misbehavior of her superior at a Long Island company was sufficiently severe or pervasive to amount to a hostile environment.
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