ROADMAN v. SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL et al
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting 32 Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint in Part. It is hereby Ordered as follows: 1. Plaintiff's Title VII claim (Count 1) against Defendant Specialty Hospital Johnstown, Inc. is DISMISSED only to the ex tent it asserts a constructive discharge claim. 2. Plaintiff's battery claim (Count 3) is DISMISSED only to the extent it asserts a constructive discharge claim. 3. Plaintiff is DENIED leave to amend her Amended Complaint with respect to the constructive discharge claims, and as more fully stated in said Memorandum Opinion and Order. Signed by Judge Kim R. Gibson on 1/23/2018. (dlg)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
DONNA ROADMAN,
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Case No. 3:16-cv-246
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Plaintiffs,
JUDGE KIM R. GIBSON
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v.
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SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL and
RONALD LEWIS,
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Defendants.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
I.
Introduction
Pending before this Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint in Part.
(ECF No. 32.) This Motion is fully briefed (ECF Nos. 33, 34, 38), and is ripe for disposition.
This case arises from Plaintiff Donna Roadman' s ("Roadman") allegations that Defendant
Ronald Lewis ("Lewis") sexually harassed her at her workplace, Defendant Select Specialty
Hospital ("Select"). As discussed infra, this Court previously issued a Memorandum Opinion
and Order dismissing, in part, Road man's initial Complaint. See Roadman v. Select Specialty
Hospital, 3:16-cv-246, 2017 WL 4236581 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 22, 2017) (Gibson, J.). Roadman has sought
to remedy some of the deficient portions of her Complaint, namely her constructive discharge
claims in Count 1 and Count 3, by filing an Amended Complaint. (See ECF No. 30.) Defendants
ask this Court to, again, hold that Roadman's constructive discharge claims are insufficient. (See
ECF Nos. 32, 33, 38.)
Because Roadman' s Amended Complaint still fails to plead cognizable constructive
discharge claims, and, for the reasons that follow, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Amended
Complaint in Part is GRANTED.
II.
Jurisdiction & Venue
The Court has jurisdiction over Roadman' s federal claim under Title VII pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 1331. The Court has supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 1367. Venue is proper in this district under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2) because the alleged
events giving rise to Roadman's claims occurred in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
(ECF No. 30
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