Banker v. University of Louisville Athletic Association, Inc., 466 S.W.3d 456 (KY 2015)

Mary Banker was an assistant track coach at the University of Louisville. She made a series of complaints about the conduct of male track coaches, which she believed to be deprecating to women. When the University failed to renew her contract, she filed suit for retaliatory discharge, gender discrimination, and hostile work environment. The Jefferson County Circuit Court found for the University on the latter two counts but awarded Banker damages for retaliatory discharge. The Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed on the retaliatory discharge claim, but the Kentucky Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, holding that Banker had established a prima facie claim of retaliatory discharge, albeit in part through circumstantial evidence of causation.

Topics

• Employment discrimination
• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• North America
• United States
• Kentucky

Keywords

• retaliation
• workplace discrimination
• constructive discharge

Year

• 2015

External URL

• Banker v. University of Louisville Athletic Association, Inc., 466 S.W.3d 456 (KY 2015)

Court

• Supreme Court of Kentucky

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• Kentucky