William Mills, Karen Mills, Annette McLaughlin, and Carole Welsh, Appellants v. Jefferson Hankla and the City Of…

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment on the employees’ hostile-work-environment claims against the police chief, the negligent-hiring claim against the city, and the denial of spoliation sanctions. It reversed summary judgment on the city’s liability for the dispatchers’ sexual-harassment claims and Lieutenant Mills’s wrongful-discharge claim because genuine issues of material fact existed. The court also vacated the attorney’s-fees award and remanded for further proceedings, while affirming dismissal of the retaliation claim and declining to decide unpreserved common-law theories.