Workers' Lawsuits Can Go Forward
State high court allows staffers who made sexual harassment claims before 2003 to proceed with their cases against employers.
By Maura Dolan, LA Times Staff Writer
June 9, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO — A nurse who said she was pestered for sex by an 84-year-old male patient may receive a $180,000 jury award from her former employer, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The state high court's unanimous decision also permits a former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher to go back to trial on her claim that students at Palisades High School had sexually harassed her...
...Terry K. Davis, Carter's lawyer, called Thursday's ruling a win for employees in California. "An employer has a duty to make the workplace free from harassment," Davis said...
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