Kimberly Hoyle v. Freightliner, LLC, No. 09-2024 (4th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff sued defendant, Freightliner, LLC ("Freightliner"), alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act ("Title VII") and North Carolina law after Freightliner terminated plaintiff. At issue was whether summary judgment was proper where Freightliner's motion to strike the declaration of a belatedly-disclosed witness was granted. Also at issue was whether summary judgment was properly granted in favor of Freightliner on plaintiff's claims of hostile work environment sex discrimination, disparate treatment sex discrimination, and retaliation under Title VII. The court held that there was no abuse of discretion in striking from the summary judgment record the belatedly-disclosed declaration. The court also held that the district court erred only on its disposition of the hostile work environment claim as a matter of law and therefore, vacated the judgment and remanded the case as to the hostile work environment claim.
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