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$22,000 Paid in WA Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit
Lisa L. Wikstrom, a guard at the Clallam Bay Correctional Center, was
subjected, upon her hiring in 1994, to sexual conversations, comments,
improper physical sexual contacts, sexual touching, direct sexual demands
and requests, discussions concerning the harassing supervisors sexual
lives and practices, and other related sexual activity and talk. In
February 1996 Sergeant Christianson began improper comments and touching
upon Wikstrom until she filed charges in August 1996. Since the fall of
1995, Assistant Superintendent Steve Sowers intensified his sexual
harassment by demanding sexual contact and a sexual by relationship with
Wickstrom. He sent her cards, letters, and money. In September 1996,
Wikstrom, represented by Lane J. Wolfley of the Wolfley, Hoffer & Basden
law firm in Port Angeles, filed suit in state court. On April 24, 1998,
she settled. The suit for $22,000. See: Wikstrom v. State of Washington,
Clallam County Superior Court, Case No. 97-2-00340-0.
subjected, upon her hiring in 1994, to sexual conversations, comments,
improper physical sexual contacts, sexual touching, direct sexual demands
and requests, discussions concerning the harassing supervisors sexual
lives and practices, and other related sexual activity and talk. In
February 1996 Sergeant Christianson began improper comments and touching
upon Wikstrom until she filed charges in August 1996. Since the fall of
1995, Assistant Superintendent Steve Sowers intensified his sexual
harassment by demanding sexual contact and a sexual by relationship with
Wickstrom. He sent her cards, letters, and money. In September 1996,
Wikstrom, represented by Lane J. Wolfley of the Wolfley, Hoffer & Basden
law firm in Port Angeles, filed suit in state court. On April 24, 1998,
she settled. The suit for $22,000. See: Wikstrom v. State of Washington,
Clallam County Superior Court, Case No. 97-2-00340-0.
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Related legal case
Wikstrom v. State of Washington
| Year | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Cite | Clallam County Superior Court, Case No. 97-2-00340 |
| Level | State Trial Court |
| Conclusion | Settlement |
| Attorney Fees | 0 |
| Damages | 22000 |
| Injunction Status | N/A |
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