Perez v. Horizon Lines, Inc., No. 13-2546 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseEmployer terminated Employee for engaging in sexually inappropriate workplace conduct. Employee sued Employer and the company’s Puerto Rico Human Resources manager (collectively, Defendants), claiming unjust termination under Puerto Rico’s Law 80 and that he had been the victim of sexual harassment by the Human Resources manager in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and analogous Puerto Rico law. The district court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that the district court properly granted summary judgment to Defendants on Employee’s federal claims and correctly granted summary judgment to Defendants on the Law 80 claim.
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