KNOX v. ROPER PUMP CO.

No. 18-11756.

957 F.3d 1237 (2020)

Brad KNOX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROPER PUMP COMPANY, Hansen Technologies Corporation, Roper Technologies, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristine Orr Brown , Matthew C. Billips , Orr Brown & Billips, LLP, GAINESVILLE, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert W. Cameron , Littler Mendelson, PC, PITTSBURGH, PA, Leslie A. Dent , Littler Mendelson, PC, ATLANTA, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Philip Matthew Kovnat , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Appellate Services, WASHINGTON, DC, Anne Warren King , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Office of General Counsel, Appellate Division, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before MARCUS, JULIE CARNES and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


In September 2015, Brad Knox, an African-American man and quality test technician at Roper Pump Company for fifteen years, got into a fight with his adult daughter, Kayla Knox ("Kayla"), at their shared home. Whether father or daughter initially escalated the domestic altercation to physical violence was disputed, but it was...

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