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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
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Supervisory Liability, Employee Litigation. Location: Kentucky.
Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000
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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