Byrd v. Richardson-Greenshields Securities, Inc.

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• holding that the workers' compensation statute does not provide the exclusive remedy for a claim based on sexual harassment in the workplace
• holding sexual harassment falls outside of the exclusivity provision of the workers' compensation statute
• finding that workers' compensation should not shield an employer from tort liability based on sexual harassment, because this would abrogate the policies behind sexual harassment laws that attempt to eradicate sexual harassment from the workplace
• reversing grant of summary judgment on claims for assault and battery based upon claimed instances of sexual harassment and noting that that the worker’s compensation exclusivity does not apply to such torts
• \[W]e cannot find that acts constituting sexual harassment were ever meant to fall under workers' compensation.\
• a court's obligation is to honor the obvious legislative intent and policy behind an enactment, even where that intent requires an interpretation that exceeds the literal language of the statute

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