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Gay New York Guard Wins $1.5 Million Harassment Award
Loaded on May 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2001, page 28
On July 18, 2000, a gay Nassau County, NY jail guard won $1.55 million in damages after a federal jury agreed that his supervisors failed to intervene when his coworkers repeatedly tormented and harassed him due to his sexual orientation.
Filed under:
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Staff Harassment,
Gay/Lesbian,
Municipal Liability,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
New York.
The verdict, reached after a threeweek trial in Federal District ...
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