Byrd v. State

OPINION

in which W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and ALAN E. HIGHERS, J., joined.

This appeal involves the jurisdiction of the Claims Commission. The complainants were independent contractors hired to clean a medical clinic operated by the Uni versity of Tennessee. The complainants alleged that they were subjected to sexual harassment by one of the clinic’s physicians, and that when they complained about the harassment to the clinic’s site director, they were subjected to retaliation and further sexual harassment. The University of Tennessee subsequently terminated the contract. The complainants…