Kimberly Ellerth
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Kimberly Ellerth is the former Burlington Industries employee whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, which clarified employer liability for workplace harassment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kimberly Ellerth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7094220 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kimberly Ellerth Context triple: [Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, respondent, Kimberly Ellerth]
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A.
Lisa Gottsegen
Lisa Gottsegen is an American businesswoman and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife of actor Dustin Hoffman.
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B.
Colleen Ahland
Colleen Ahland is a linguist known for her research on the Koman languages of Ethiopia and Sudan, focusing on their documentation, description, and classification.
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C.
Lisa Eilbacher
Lisa Eilbacher is an American actress best known for her roles in 1980s films and television series, including prominent appearances in action and drama movies.
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D.
Jill Blotevogel
Jill Blotevogel is a television writer and producer best known for her work developing and showrunning the MTV horror series Scream, including the reboot season Scream: Resurrection.
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E.
Milynn Sarley
Milynn Sarley is an American actress and internet personality known for her roles in low-budget fantasy and action films as well as her presence in online geek and gaming communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kimberly Ellerth Target entity description: Kimberly Ellerth is the former Burlington Industries employee whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, which clarified employer liability for workplace harassment.
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A.
Lisa Gottsegen
Lisa Gottsegen is an American businesswoman and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife of actor Dustin Hoffman.
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B.
Colleen Ahland
Colleen Ahland is a linguist known for her research on the Koman languages of Ethiopia and Sudan, focusing on their documentation, description, and classification.
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C.
Lisa Eilbacher
Lisa Eilbacher is an American actress best known for her roles in 1980s films and television series, including prominent appearances in action and drama movies.
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D.
Jill Blotevogel
Jill Blotevogel is a television writer and producer best known for her work developing and showrunning the MTV horror series Scream, including the reboot season Scream: Resurrection.
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E.
Milynn Sarley
Milynn Sarley is an American actress and internet personality known for her roles in low-budget fantasy and action films as well as her presence in online geek and gaming communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former employee
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person ⓘ plaintiff ⓘ |
| allegedHarasserPosition | supervisor at Burlington Industries, Inc. ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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employment law ⓘ sexual harassment law ⓘ |
| associatedCourtDecision |
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth
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linked to:
Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth
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| caseOutcomeLevel | U.S. Supreme Court review ⓘ |
| caseSignificance | landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on employer liability for harassment ⓘ |
| caseType | civil lawsuit ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employer | Burlington Industries, Inc. ⓘ |
| impact |
clarification of employer vicarious liability for workplace harassment
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establishment of standards for employer liability for supervisor harassment ⓘ |
| legalClaim |
constructive discharge
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hostile work environment ⓘ workplace sexual harassment ⓘ |
| legalDoctrineAssociated |
affirmative defense based on reasonable care to prevent and correct harassment
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employee duty to use employer complaint procedures ⓘ employer vicarious liability for supervisor harassment ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction |
Title VII jurisprudence
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United States federal law ⓘ |
| notableFor | sexual harassment lawsuit against Burlington Industries, Inc. ⓘ |
| partyToCase | Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth ⓘ |
| positionAtEmployer | salesperson at Burlington Industries, Inc. ⓘ |
| precedentEstablished | employer vicarious liability for supervisor harassment even without tangible employment action if no reasonable care and no use of preventive or corrective opportunities ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Faragher v. City of Boca Raton ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Faragher-Ellerth affirmative defense
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linked to:
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
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| roleInCase | plaintiff in Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kimberly Ellerth Description of subject: Kimberly Ellerth is the former Burlington Industries employee whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, which clarified employer liability for workplace harassment.
Referenced by (1)
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