Davis

I. Background

In early May 2000, Team Electric hired Christie Davis as a journeyman electrician. On October 19, 2000, Team Electric assigned her to a project at the Clackamas County High School. At the time, she was apparently the only female elec- trician on the site. 3174 DAVIS v. TEAM ELECTRIC CO. Lyle Loughary was Davis’s project foreman for the first few weeks of the assignment. On November 7, Davis told Loughary that she was experiencing neck pain from doing ceiling work for two weeks. Loughary allegedly replied that he would allow her to work in the electrical room with Bill Burkitt, and stated that he would transfer her because Burkitt “needs a girlfriend.” Davis also alleges that Loughary repeat- edly referred to his wife as “astrobitch.”

On November 15, Davis wrote in her journal that “[Loug- hary]. . . laid me out on tasks leaving info out and short on materials and sometimes tools,” and that the foreman told her “repeatedly NOT to go in the trailer,” where meetings and breaks were held. In her deposition, Davis said:

I wasn’t included at first on meetings they would have. Who knows what they were about because I wasn’t included. I complained about it…