( January 9, 2024, 2:04 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A trial court properly granted summary judgment to an employer accused by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of creating a hostile work environment and constructive discharge after a manager criticized a worker for asking to wear a mask during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as the claims “are foreclosed by [Fifth Circuit] precedent,” a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in a per curiam opinion....