Virginia Employer Not Liable for Employee's Sexual Assaults
A federal court in Virginia held that an employer is not liable for a female employee's sexual assault by a male co-worker. Applying the doctrine of respondent superior, the Court held that the male employee was not acting within the scope of his employment when the assault occurred. Clehm v. BAE Sys. Ordnance, Inc. , W.D. Va. No. 16-0012 (July 22, 2016). The case arose when BAE employee Carla Clehm alleged that a male co-worker "slammed her...
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