A retaliation claim filed against Hofstra University by a former football team manager was reinstated yesterday by a federal appeals court, even as the court dismissed the ex-manager’s underlying contention that the players’ sexual harassment created a hostile working environment for her.
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Summa v. Hofstra University, 11-1743, reversed, in part, a ruling by Eastern District Magistrate Judge William Wall (See Profile), who had granted Hofstra’s motion to dismiss Lauren Summa’s action in its entirety.
