Worth, Lisa v. Tyer, Robert H.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• touching of plaintiff's “breast near the nipple for several seconds is severe enough”
• affirming a jury finding of an employment relationship, relying in part on the plaintiff’s testimony “that although she did not have taxes taken out of her paycheck, or receive benefits, she believed that both events would occur within the thirty days”
• “The punitive awards barely exceed the amount of compensatory damages [and] [a]lthough not definitive, such a result is relevant.”
• “We have previously recognized that direct contact with an intimate body part constitutes one of the most severe forms of sexual harassment.”
• “the receipt of a right-to-sue letter is not a jurisdictional prerequisite to bringing a Title VII suit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).