Beth Ann Faragher
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United States Supreme Court case
employment discrimination case
person
plaintiff
sexual harassment case
Beth Ann Faragher is a former lifeguard whose sexual harassment lawsuit against the City of Boca Raton led to a landmark 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision defining employer liability for workplace harassment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beth Ann Faragher canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7094165 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beth Ann Faragher Context triple: [Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, plaintiff, Beth Ann Faragher]
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A.
Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger
Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger is a former NASA astronaut and geologist who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery and was one of the first educators selected as a mission specialist.
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B.
Laura Bickford
Laura Bickford is an American film producer best known for her work on acclaimed independent and studio films, including the Oscar-winning drama "Traffic."
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C.
Mary Leddy
Mary Leddy was the wife of American labor union official and alleged mob hitman Frank Sheeran, whose life inspired the film "The Irishman."
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D.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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E.
April Blair
April Blair is an American television writer and producer best known for developing and executive producing the drama series "All American."
- 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: Beth Ann Faragher Target entity description: Beth Ann Faragher is a former lifeguard whose sexual harassment lawsuit against the City of Boca Raton led to a landmark 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision defining employer liability for workplace harassment.
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A.
Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger
Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger is a former NASA astronaut and geologist who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery and was one of the first educators selected as a mission specialist.
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B.
Laura Bickford
Laura Bickford is an American film producer best known for her work on acclaimed independent and studio films, including the Oscar-winning drama "Traffic."
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C.
Mary Leddy
Mary Leddy was the wife of American labor union official and alleged mob hitman Frank Sheeran, whose life inspired the film "The Irishman."
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D.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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E.
April Blair
April Blair is an American television writer and producer best known for developing and executive producing the drama series "All American."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
employment discrimination case ⓘ person ⓘ plaintiff ⓘ sexual harassment case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
ⓘ
employment law ⓘ labor law ⓘ |
| citation | 524 U.S. 775 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1998 ⓘ |
| employerAtTimeOfEvents |
City of Boca Raton
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linked to:
City of Boca Raton, Florida
|
| formerOccupation | lifeguard ⓘ |
| fullName |
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998)
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linked to:
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| holding |
An employer is vicariously liable under Title VII for actionable discrimination caused by a supervisor with immediate or successively higher authority over the employee
ⓘ
An employer may raise an affirmative defense to liability or damages when no tangible employment action is taken if it exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct harassing behavior and the employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of preventive or corrective opportunities ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| legalClaim | sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
ⓘ
employer liability for workplace harassment ⓘ |
| name | Beth Ann Faragher ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCase | Faragher v. City of Boca Raton ⓘ |
| notableFor | sexual harassment lawsuit against the City of Boca Raton ⓘ |
| occupation | lifeguard ⓘ |
| partyIn | Faragher v. City of Boca Raton ⓘ |
| petitioner | Beth Ann Faragher ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth ⓘ |
| respondent |
City of Boca Raton
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Boca Raton, Florida
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| workplace |
Boca Raton, Florida
ⓘ
linked to:
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
|
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: Beth Ann Faragher Description of subject: Beth Ann Faragher is a former lifeguard whose sexual harassment lawsuit against the City of Boca Raton led to a landmark 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision defining employer liability for workplace harassment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.