eBook details
- Title: Thompson V. Berta Enterprises Inc.
- Author : Division One Court of Appeals of Washington
- Release Date : January 10, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
Description
Susan Thompson appeals the trial court's order reducing the jury verdict or, in the alternative, granting Mid-Mac Enterprises, Inc. (Mid-Mac) a new trial in her sexual harassment claim. Mid-Mac cross-appeals the trial court's denial of its motions for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict, its instruction to the jury that Mid-Mac could be held strictly liable for quid pro quo harassment, and its judgment holding the defendants jointly and severally liable for Thompson's costs and attorney fees. We conclude that an employer is strictly liable for its supervisory personnel's quid pro quo harassment of an employee and that the trial court erred in granting Mid-Mac a new trial. We therefore affirm in part and reverse in part and reinstate the jury's verdict for Thompson.