Legal Opinion
Torres v. Pisano
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 3, 1997No. 1137, Docket 96-7939PublishedCited by 251 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.
This is a ease of hostile work environment harassment, in which the plaintiff-employee *628has established a prima facie ease and has demonstrated that the defendant-employer knew of the harassment but did not act to stop it forthwith. In it, we are called upon to determine whether the employer can be held liable despite the fact that the victim specifically asked the person to whom she reported the harassment to keep the matter confidential and to refrain from taking action for the time being. The question is by no means an easy one, and its resolution will necessarily…
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