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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 2712 September Term, 1999

LESLIE C. WALLS

v. THE BANK OF GLEN BURNIE

Davis, Byrnes, Krauser, JJ.

Opinion by Byrnes. J.

Filed: November 13, 2000

The

Circuit

Court

for

Anne

Arundel

County

dismissed

a

complaint filed by Leslie Walls, appellant, against The Bank of Glen Burnie, appellee. or amend judgment, in Ms. Walls then filed a motion to alter which she sought leave to amend her

complaint.

The court denied that request.

On appeal, Ms. Walls

asks whether the circuit court abused its discretion in doing so. She does not challenge the court's ruling dismissing her

complaint. For the following reasons, we shall reverse the judgment of the circuit court.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS1
Leslie Walls was employed by The Bank of Glen Burnie ("the Bank") for ten years, beginning in July 1988. Ms. Walls was standing at the door of a In October 1998, co-worker's

female

office when she heard a male co-worker make a lewd and offensive remark. She reported the male co-worker's remark to

"management."

Management failed to conduct an investigation and Instead,

to reprimand the male co-employee for his comment.

appellant was criticized by her superiors for being away from her desk at the time of the incident.

Because the case was disposed of below on a motion to dismiss, we set forth the facts as alleged by Ms. Walls in her complaint.

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After the incident, Ms. Walls was treated differently and unfairly by the management and staff of the Bank. move was documented and recorded by management, Her every and she was

required to obtain permission from her supervisor to use the bathroom. her job. On February 19, 1999, Ms. Walls was terminated from She was told that she was being terminated because she In fact, Ms. Walls was

was not properly performing her job.

terminated because she had reported her male co-worker's lewd and offensive remark. On March 23, 1999, Ms. Walls filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"). On May 19,

1999, the EEOC issued her a written "Notice of Right to Sue." The right to sue letter advised Ms. Walls that she had 90 days from that date in which to file suit, in federal or state court, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.

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