Legal Opinion
Salveson v. Douglas County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided July 10, 2001No. 99-0946PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid T. Prosser, J.
¶ 1. Linda Salveson was employed by Douglas County from 1981 until 1995. In 1996, she filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e to e-17 (1994) (Title VII), 1 alleging that she had been subjected to illegal sexual harassment and gender discrimination virtually the entire time of her service with the County. The perpetrator of the harassment and discrimination was Richard Collyard, Salveson's supervisor at the Douglas County Ambulance Service.
¶ 2. On August 14,1998, after a weeklong trial, a Douglas County jury awarded Salveson $356,220 in damages. The…
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