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CAMPBELL v. FLORIDA STEEL CORP.

919 S.W.2d 26 (1996)

Brenda CAMPBELL, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. FLORIDA STEEL CORPORATION, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim D. Own, Owen, Edwards & Bryant, and Robert S. Olive, Sandra G. Olive, Olive and Olive, P.C., Knoxville, for Appellant.

Gavin S. Appleby, Erin E. Matthews, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy, Atlanta, GA, L. Caesar Stair, III, Bernstein, Stair & McAdams, Knoxville, and Regina Alberini, Jacksonville, FL, for Appellee.

W. Ovid Collins, Jr., Charles Hampton White, and Rebecca Wells-Demaree, Cornelius & Collins, Nashville, for Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Association of Business.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

We granted this appeal to determine whether "cold-shoulder treatment" of an employee, which is neither racially nor sexually explicit, may, if based on race or gender, constitute unlawful harassment in violation of the Tennessee Human Rights Act and the Federal Civil Rights Act.

Plaintiff, Brenda Campbell, an African-American female, brought this employee discrimination action under the Tennessee Human Rights...

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