Legal Opinion
Konstantopoulos v. Westvaco Corp.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 2, 1996No. 115, 1996PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTNETT, Justice.
We consider two questions of law certified to this Court by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 1 The disposi-tive issue presented in the certified questions is whether, under the facts presented, the Delaware Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), precludes an employee from asserting a common law tort claim against her employer for a claim of sexual harassment on the job by fellow employees. We find that it does.
I
The certified questions are:(1) Are an employee’s claims against her employer for intentional infliction of emotional distress and sexual…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Green v. Wyman-Gordon Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Histed v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1993
- Kofron v. Amoco Chemicals Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1982
- Byrd v. Richardson-Greenshields Securities, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1989
- Kerans v. Porter Paint Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1991
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by17 opinions
- Sherlyn Konstantopoulos and Dimos Konstantopoulos v. Westvaco CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Helman v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
- Anderson v. Save-A-Lot, Ltd.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- Schuster v. DerociliSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
- Lloyd v. JeffersonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1999
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.