JONES v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE et al

Filing 46

ORDER THAT DEFTS PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE & MIKE TINNENY'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS GRANTED IN PART & DENIED IN PART. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO THE TITLE VII & PHRA HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT CLAIMS AGAINST PSP & TINNENY IS DENIED, ETC. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO THE AIDING-AND-ABETTING CLAIM UNDER THE PHRA AGAINST TNNENY FOR AIDING & ABETTING RETALIATION IS GRANTED. SIGNED BY HONORABLE WENDY BEETLESTONE ON 10/2/17. 10/3/17 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(kw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
RACHEL JONES,

CIVIL ACTION
Plaintiff,

v.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AND
MIKE TINNENY,
Defendants.

NO. 16-4205

ORDER
AND NOW, this 2nd day of October, 2017, upon consideration of Defendants
Pennsylvania State Police (“PSP”) and Mike Tinneny’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF
No. 39), Plaintiff Rachel Jones’s Response in Opposition thereto (ECF No. 42), and Defendants
PSP and Tinneny’s Reply (ECF No. 44), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for
summary judgment is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART as follows:
(1) The motion for summary judgment as to the Title VII and PHRA hostile work
environment claims against PSP and Tinneny is DENIED.
(2) The motion for summary judgment as to the Title VII and PHRA retaliation
claims against PSP and Tinneny is GRANTED.
(3) The motion for summary judgment as to the aiding-and-abetting claim under the
PHRA against Tinneny for aiding and abetting a hostile work environment is
DENIED.
(4) The motion for summary judgment as to the aiding-and-abetting claim under the
PHRA against Tinneny for aiding and abetting retaliation is GRANTED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/Wendy Beetlestone, J.
_______________________________
WENDY BEETLESTONE, J.

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