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

No. 16-16850.

967 F.3d 1121 (2020)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith J. Carter , M. Carter Law LLC, SMYRNA, GA, Lisa Catherine Lambert , Law Office of Lisa C. Lambert, John Lawrence Mays , Parks Chesin & Walbert, PC, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

W. Jonathan Martin, II , William Milton Clifton, III , Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete, LLP, MACON, GA, Richard J. Valladares , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Christine Back , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel-Appellate Services, Anne Warren King , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Appellate Division, 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.

Richard Errol Johnson , Law Office of Richard E. Johnson, TALLAHASSEE, FL, Kathryn S. Piscitelli , Law Office of Kathryn Piscitelli, ORLANDO, FL, for Amici Curiae NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, FLORIDA CHAPTER, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, GEORGIA CHAPTER.

ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judge, filed a dissenting opinion, in which MARTIN and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, joined.


After being fired by Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. ("Kia"), Andrea Gogel sued her former employer, asserting claims for gender and national-origin discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2(a) and 2000e-3(a), and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The district...

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