OATES v. CHATTANOOGA PUB. CO.


205 S.W.3d 418 (2006)

Joan OATES v. CHATTANOOGA PUBLISHING COMPANY d/b/a Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section, at Knoxville.

March 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Schulman and R. Jonathan Guthrie, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the Appellant Joan Oates.

L. Michael Zinser and Matthew Salada, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellee Chattanooga Publishing Company d/b/a Chattanooga Times Free Press.


OPINION

D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

Joan Oates ("Plaintiff") was employed by the Chattanooga Publishing Company ("Defendant") for approximately twenty-three years. In January of 2004, Plaintiff was observed on Defendant's security camera making obscene gestures with her middle finger toward the camera and then covering the security camera with a cup for a period...

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