A former Galveston County, Texas deputy named James Gist is suing his boss, a female constable named Pam Matranga.

Gist has [...]

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The California Supreme Court in Hughes v. Pair (July 2009) ruled that sexual requests to a plaintiff, without consequential adverse action in response [...]

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The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the United States Federal law in Title VII of the Civil [...]

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Emotional Distress Claims

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Victims of sexual harassment often add a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress to their complaints.

To support a claim for intentional infliction [...]

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Pervasive Cases in Point

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To establish a claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment, an employee must prove that the [...]

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In order for a hostile work environment lawsuit to be viable, the harassment must be sufficiently [...]

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A successful hostile work environment sexual harassment claim must show that the harassment is sufficiently severe [...]

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Determine your top five character strengths and how to use them to overcome and cope with the effects of sexual harassment in the workplace.

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By a five-to-four decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland ruled on March 20, 2012 that state workers [...]

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Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Unwelcome sexual [...]

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