Lackawanna Steel Co. v. United States

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• holding that supervisor who frequently made sexual innuendos and proposals to a female employee, often in front of subordinates, engaged in conduct sufficiently severe and pervasive to support employee’s sexual harassment claim
• holding the issue of punitive damages was a jury question concerning a defendant who told plaintiff not to complain of sexual harassment because she had chosen a field primarily dominated by men
• explaining that sexual harassment is a form of gender discrimination
• applying the Title VII standard to a § 1983 claim based on hostile work environment
• finding a hostile work environment when a supervisor massaged an employe’s shoulder amongst other sexual comments
• affirming an award of punitive damages in a § 1983 suit based on evidence that “defen- dant’s acts were malicious or wanton or oppressive or willful”

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