Posted On:
April 23, 2008
Scope of Retaliation Expanded to Protect Plaintiff's "Associates"
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in Thompson v. North American Stainless, No. 07-5040 (6th Cir.), that third party retaliation is actionable.
In Thompson, a male engineer filed a retaliation suit against his employer. He claimed that his employer fired him in retaliation of a gender discrimination suit brought by his fiance, who was also an engineer at the same factory.
As a result of this expansion of retaliation, plaintiffs who bring employment discrimination claims against their employer will no longer have to fear retaliation against their friends or relatives who happen to work at the same workplace.
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