ABSTRACT
Introduction and Overview ......................................................................................................548 Th e Role of Human Resource Management ...........................................................................548 When Litigation Cannot Be Avoided ...................................................................................... 549 Juror Perception of Employment Litigation ........................................................................... 549 Juror Comprehension and Decision Making in Employment Litigation .......................... 550 Th e Importance of Employment Misconduct Investigations to Jurors .............................. 551 Guidance for Risk Management Professionals in Employment Discrimination ............. 552 Human Resources Management Comes of Age in the Courtroom .................................... 553
Human Resources as Junk Science ..................................................................................... 554 Human Resources Experts Clearly May Testify ............................................................... 555 Supreme Court Precedent: Th e Daubert Test Rules ......................................................... 555
Employment Law and Litigation .............................................................................................. 556 Sexual Discrimination and Harassment ............................................................................ 556 Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins ................................................................................................ 557 Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White .................................................... 557 Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie ................................................................................................. 558 Retaliation .............................................................................................................................. 558 Casucci v. Faughnan .............................................................................................................. 558 Robinson v. Shell Oil Company ............................................................................................ 559 Age Discrimination ............................................................................................................... 559 Snyder v. City of Romulus ..................................................................................................... 559 Uber v. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania of the State System of Higher Education ............................................................................................................... 560 Smith v. City of Jackson, Mississippi .................................................................................... 560 Disability Discrimination .................................................................................................... 560 Sutton v. United Airlines, Inc. ............................................................................................... 561 Murphy v. United Parcel Service, Inc. .................................................................................. 561 Albertsons, Inc. v. Kirkingburg ............................................................................................. 562
Concluding Th oughts and Admonitions ................................................................................ 562 Acknowledgment ....................................................................................................................... 563 References .................................................................................................................................... 563 Legal References .........................................................................................................................564
