Legal Opinion
Parker v. Warren County Utility District
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 7, 1999No. 01S01-9806-CH-00107PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLDER, Justice.
We granted review to address the standard for an employer’s liability in supervisor sexual harassment cases under the Tennessee Human Rights Act following the recent United States Supreme Court’s decisions in Burlington Indus. Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742, 118 S.Ct. 2257, 141 L.Ed.2d 633 (1998), and Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775, 118 S.Ct. 2275, 141 L.Ed.2d 662 (1998). Upon review, we adopt a standard consistent with Ellerth and Faragher and hold that an employer is vicariously hable for sexual harassment by a supervisor. An employer, however, may raise…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Faragher v. City of Boca RatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. VinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Burlington Industries, Inc. v. EllerthSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Tom PIERCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Capital Holding Corporation, Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- Lucille R. Kauffman v. Allied Signal, Inc., Autolite DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
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