Stock-Hendel

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

The following background is based on the evidence the parties presented at the summary judgment stage. Unless the source of the information is indicated, it is undisputed.

A. Stock-Hendel’s Duties as a Finishing Editor at Fox In November 1989, Fox hired Stock-Hendel as a finishing editor. A finishing editor electronically finishes advertising

2 “promos” for Fox television programs. Room producers assign work to the finishing editors, provide specific instructions regarding needed edits, and approve the final promos. At Fox, finishing editors are assigned to an editor’s bay, which is a separate office filled with required electronic equipment. Room producers typically spend their shift in an editor’s bay. The editor’s bay, in effect, acts as the room producer’s office and the editor’s office, and the room producers directly assist, review the work of, and answer the questions of the editors with whom they share an office. As there were fewer room producers than editors, some finishing editors, including Stock-Hendel, generally worked without a room producer in their editing bay. All finishing editors asked questions of room producers. Because a…