Where discovery showed an employee was not subjected to a hostile work environment, retaliation or a constructive discharge, his former employer prevailed on these claims.
Tommy Stith sued Stohlman Subaru of Sterling, asserting claims for (i) a hostile work environment based on race under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the Virginia Human Rights Act, or VHRA; (ii) constructive discharge under Title VII, § 1981 and the VHRA; and (iii) retaliation under Title VII, § 1981 and the VHRA. Defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff asserts three different claims under Title VII and the VHRA: hostile work environment, constructive discharge and retaliation. Plaintiff filed his EEOC charge on Sept. 12, 2023.
Although plaintiff asserts that he filed his EEOC charge on May 17, 2023, plaintiff cites no evidence in support of such allegation, and his allegation is belied by the EEOC charge itself as well as his allegations in the complaint. Thus, all conduct before Nov. 16, 2022, cannot form the basis of any discrete claim of discrimination.
This specifically impacts plaintiff’s retaliation claim (Count Three) because the court may consider conduct outside the statutory lookback period for purposes of a hostile work environment claim or the very similar constructive discharge claim as they relate to the environment as a whole. Accordingly, the motion is granted in this regard.
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