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Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2005, page 5
Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000
Filed under:
Sexual Assault,
Staff-Staff Assault,
Supervisory Liability,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Kentucky.
in Sexual Harassment Suit
On May 27, 2003, a state circuit court in Oldham, Kentucky, awarded prison guard Karen Lemarr a total of $34,000 for the lost wages, embarrassment, and emotional distress she suffered as a result of a coworker's sexual harassment.
On June 13, ...
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