# Kaytor v. Electric Boat Corp.

> Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · June 29, 2010 · 609 F.3d 537

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/149654

## Case

- **Full name:** Sharon KAYTOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- **Decided:** June 29, 2010
- **Citations:** 609 F.3d 537; 109 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1190; 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 13318; 2010 WL 2593500
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion by Kearse
- **Judges:** Kearse, Cabranes, Hall
- **Cited by:** 646 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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- holding, in Title VII context, that "[cjlose temporal proximity between the plaintiffs protected action and the employer's adverse employment action may in itself be sufficient to establish the requisite causal connection between a protected activity and retaliatory action.”
- stating that that “a rational juror could permissibly infer that [an] entire alleged pattern of harassment . .. was motivated by . ... gender, even though some of the harassment was not facially sex-based” where there was at least some “overtly sexual” harassment
- finding plaintiff established retaliatory hostile work environment claim based on evidence that she was repeatedly summoned by human resources to unnecessary meetings, was given no work, and was constantly yelled at by her new supervisor
- finding actionable retaliation under Title VII where plaintiff was transferred to a new supervisor who screamed at her on a daily basis and moved to an office where paint chips regularly fell on her desk and after she complained about severe sexual harassment against her in he…

## Opinion text

09-1859-cv
Kaytor v. Electric Boat Corp.

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