Legal Opinion
Horodyskyj v. Karanian
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 1, 2001No. 99SC875PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mullarkey
In this opinion we address the relationship between workers' compensation laws and on-the-job sexual harassment inflicted by one employee upon another. We hold that injuries resulting from workplace sexual harassment are not compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act and, therefore, an employee's tort claims based on sexual harassment are not barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Act. Our decision today resolves a split of authority that has developed in the court of appeals on this issue. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals in the case now before us, Horodyskyj v.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Duran v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
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