Payton v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

In this case, an employee is suing her employer and two of her supervisors for sexual harassment under the Law Against Discrimination. She contends that her supervisors harassed her and that her employer failed to respond adequately to her complaints. Although the employer subsequently disciplined the supervisors after determining that the employee’s claims were meritorious, the employee asserts that the employer’s allegedly inadequate response to her complaints contributed to the harm that she suffered and consequently entitles her to…