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LAW REVIEW
In the case of Davis v. Metropolitan
Government of Nashville and Davidson
County, Plaintiff claimed her supervisor
retaliated against her after she filed a
gender discrimination claim against him.
Retaliation After Gender
Discrimination Claim
By James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D.
n the case of Davis v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson
County, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50820 (M.D. Tenn. 3/22/2022),
Plaintiff claimed her supervisor had retaliated against her after she
had filed a gender discrimination claim against him, thus creating a
hostile work environment in violation of federal civil rights law.
Facts of the Case
From October 1978 to July 2017,
Plaintiff was an employee at one
of Defendant's departments, the
Metro Parks and Recreation Department
(the Parks Department).
During her tenure at the Parks Department,
Plaintiff worked in the
Community Recreation Division
and the Revenue Producing Division.
Plaintiff had no disputes at
her workplace until 2011, when the
Parks Department hired Tommy
Lynch to be its director. According
to Plaintiff, Lynch created a " good
ol' boys atmosphere, " which he
formalized in 2013 by merging the
application process for two assistant
director positions in Special Services
and Community Programs.
Plaintiff applied for the position
of assistant director for Special Services,
which was one level above
her then-position as superintendent
of Golf. After panel interviews for
both assistant director positions
(Special Services and Community
Programs), the hiring committee
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ranked Plaintiff as number " one "
in the process. However, a longtime
male employee, John Holmes, received
the Special Services position,
while Plaintiff received the Community
Programs position. In Plaintiff's
view, her experience in the Revenue
division made her the most qualified
candidate for the Special Services
position. Believing that she had been
a victim of gender discrimination,
Plaintiff filed a complaint about the
job promotion process with Defendant's
human resources (HR) department
on June 27, 2013.
Plaintiff asserted that she bethe
gan
experiencing retaliation
following day when Lynch's assistant
refused to allow Plaintiff
to access her own personnel file,
to which Plaintiff previously had
easy access. Immediately thereafter,
Lynch threatened Plaintiff's
job, informing her that she might
not last in the department for the
remaining year and four months
until her eligible retirement date.

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