Jane Doe, and Jane Roe and Jane Roe 2, Proposed-Intervenors-Appellants v. Oberweis Dairy

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• holding that the common law doctrine of comparative fault is not a defense to Title VII because back pay is equitable in 10 Nos. 07-2009, 07-3358 nature
• holding plaintiff seeking damages for emotional distress placed psychological state in issue thus waiving psychotherapy privilege
• holding that, if the harasser “is a coworker, the employer is liable only if it failed to have and enforce a reasonable policy for preventing harassment, or in short only if it was negligent in failing to protect the plaintiff from predatory co-workers”
• holding that if the harasser “is a coworker, the employer is liable only if it failed to have and enforce a reasonable policy for preventing harassment, or in short only if it was negligent in failing to protect the plaintiff from predatory cowork- ers”
• indicating that a court may seal medical records and limit their use at trial \to the extent that the plaintiff’s interest in privacy outweighs the probative value of the information contained in the records\
• noting that the plaintiff’s psychiatric records were not turned over because, when the plaintiff’s objections to the district court’s order granting the defendant access to those records was rejected, the plaintiff “trimmed her evidence of emotional distress”

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