State Supreme Court Limits Sexual Harassment Cases.(Brief Article)

Claims, February, 2000

The California Supreme Court ruled that employees could sue their employers but not their co-workers for sexual harassment. The decision upholds a 4th District Court of Appeals ruling that reversed a legal trend allowing co-workers to sue each other under the California Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA).

In Carrisales v. Department of Corrections et al, S073601, the court said a supervisory relationship must exist between the victim and the accused for sexual harassment to occur.

The case involved Maryann Carrisales who worked at the California Institute for Men in San Bernardino County during a seven-month period in 1994. She brought suit against the state Department of Corrections and Dave Selkirk, whom she accused of harassing her. Both workers...

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