SWENTEK v. USAIR, INC.

Nos. 86-2589(L), 86-2614.

830 F.2d 552 (1987)

Betsy Ann SWENTEK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. USAIR, INC.; Jon R. Ludlam, Defendant-Appellee, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Amicus Curiae. Betsy Ann SWENTEK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jon R. LUDLAM, Defendant-Appellant, USAIR, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francine K. Weiss (Edith Barnett, on brief) for appellant.

Brian William Shaughnessy (Shaughnessy, Borowski & Gagner, on brief), Gregory S. Lewis (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., Thomas Rawles Jones, Jr., Moffit & Jones, Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Sonia A. Jarvis, Donna R. Lenhoff, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Terry Bancroft Dowd, Kevin C. Dwyer, B. Lee Willis, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amicus curiae Women's Legal Defense Fund.

Before PHILLIPS, ERVIN, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Betsy Ann Swentek, a flight attendant, sued her employer, USAIR, alleging sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. In the same action, she brought pendent state claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery, and invasion of privacy against USAIR and against Jon Ludlam, a USAIR pilot. The trial judge found against Swentek on the Title VII claim, and...

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