Doe v. ATC, INC.

KITTREDGE, J.:

This is an appeal from the granting of a directed verdict in a negligent retention action. The dispositive issue, as narrowly framed in the trial court, is whether a jury question existed as a result of the employer’s decision not to fire an employee based on the report of a single incident of an inappropriate sexual advance toward a fellow employee. We agree with the trial court that a jury question was not created by the employer’s decision to retain the employee. We affirm.

FACTS 1 '

Appellant Sharon Doe 2 is the mother of Audra Doe, a disabled adult female. Audra rode a…