When a male employee files suit claiming he was sexually harassed by his male boss, does the employer's lawyer have a right to ask if the plaintiff is gay? That's the question in a suit filed against QVC, the cable shopping network, now that the plaintiff's lawyers instructed him not to answer any questions relating to his sexual history or "predisposition." QVC's lawyers filed a motion to compel the answers, arguing the plaintiff must comply because the case is still in discovery.
November 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When a male employee files suit and claims he was sexually harassed by his male boss, does the lawyer for the employer have the right to ask the plaintiff if he is a homosexual?
That’s the question U.S. District Judge Bruce W. Kauffman must answer in Fitzpatrick v. QVC Inc. now that William Fitzpatrick’s lawyers instructed him not to answer any questions relating to his sexual history or “predisposition,” and QVC’s lawyers filed a motion to compel the answers.
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