GOGEL v. KIA MOTORS MFG. OF GEORGIA, INC.

No. 16-16850.

904 F.3d 1226 (2018)

Andrea GOGEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KIA MOTORS MANUFACTURING OF GEORGIA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith J. Carter , M. Carter Law LLC, Smyrna, GA, Lisa Catherine Lambert , Law Office of Lisa C. Lambert, Atlanta, GA, John Lawrence Mays , Mays & Kerr, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff Appellant.

W. Jonathan Martin, II , William Milton Clifton, III , Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete, LLP, Macon, GA, Joseph M. Murray, Jr. , Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Richard J. Valladares , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Christine Back , Anne Warren King , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel-Appellate Services, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

Carson Hobbs Sullivan , Paul Hastings LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amicus Curiae CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Robert Lawrence Ashe, Jr. , Justin P. Gunter , Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Curiae THE ASSOCIATION OF GLOBAL AUTOMAKERS, INC.

Before MARTIN, JULIE CARNES and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


Before she was fired in 2011, Andrea Gogel was the manager of the Team Relations Department of Kia Motors Manufacturing of Georgia, Inc., a subsidiary of the Korean Kia Motors Corporation. During her time at Kia, Ms. Gogel heard many complaints about how women and Americans were treated at the Korean-owned company. She experienced...

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