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Employer’s harassment liability when victim fails to follow report procedure
January / February 2008
Newsletter: Employment Law Briefing
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 803
Abstract: The Seventh Circuit answered this question in the affirmative. The court reinstated the employee’s suit, finding that a jury could reasonably find that the employer had acted negligently in discovering or remedying the alleged harassment. Bombaci v. Journal Community Publishing Group, 482 F.3d 979 (7th Cir. 2007)
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Punitive damages require malice or reckless indifference
January / February 2008
Newsletter: Employment Law Briefing
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 709
Abstract: The Sixth Circuit ruled that an employer wasn’t off the hook for punitive damages for sexual harassment, even though it claimed that it hadn’t acted with the requisite malice or reckless indifference. This article explains why the court reinstated a jury’s $75,000 punitive-damages reward to an employee. Parker v. General Extrusions Inc., 491 F.3d 596 (6th Cir. 2007)