De Los Santos v. JR Simplot Co., Inc.

TROUT, Justice.

I

BACKGROUND

This is a quid pro quo sexual harassment case. The appellant, Yolanda De Los Santos (De Los Santos), was employed for several years by the J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot). She maintains that some time in March of 1991, Joe Vasquez (Vasquez), another employee at Simplot, made a sexual advance toward her which she spurned. As a result, she asserts that Vasquez also threatened to get back at her for not complying with his sexual requests.

Several months later, during the “graveyard” shift on July 15, 1991, an employee at the Simplot plant contacted the supervisor then on…