Legal Opinion
Henderson v. PENNWALT CORPORATION
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided August 20, 1985No. 6822-2-IIPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPetrich, J.
Defendant, Pennwalt Corporation (Pennwalt), appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury verdict, finding it liable to plaintiff on the basis of sexual discrimination and slander. Pennwalt assigns error, inter alia, to the court's instructions regarding Pennwalt's liability for acts of sexual harassment and slander committed against plaintiff, Nancy Henderson, by one of its supervisors. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
Henderson was employed by Pennwalt in 1978 and for several years was the only female employee of the department in which she worked. In April 1982, she brought suit against…
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