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041955P.pdf   01/10/2005  Sharon Hesse  v.  Avis Rent A Car
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-1955
   District of Minnesota   
   Civil case - employment discrimination. Plaintiff failed to establish a 
   hostile work environment, as the conduct complained of was not based on 
   sex and was neither so severe nor so pervasive that it altered a term, 
   condition or privilege of her employment; defendant could not be held 
   vicariously liable as it exercised reasonable care to stop the harassment 
   and plaintiff failed to take advantage of the company's preventive or 
   corrective procedures; plaintiff failed to show the reasons given for her 
   lay-off were pretexts for discrimination based on sex; plaintiff failed to 
   establish her retaliation claim as there was no causal connection between 
   the conduct and her termination. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Lay and Melloy]