A former Continental Airlines pilot, who won more than $600,000 for being subjected to pornography and abusive comments at work, is testing whether employees may sue a company for disparaging comments made by fellow employees -- in this case, via an online bulletin board. But New Jersey Supreme Court justices seem unmoved by the plaintiff's pitch to create a theory of vicarious liability for defamation, even where the employee has proven there was a sexually hostile workplace.
February 09, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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A former Continental Airlines pilot, who won more than $600,000 for being subjected to pornography and abusive comments at work, is testing whether employees may sue a company for disparaging comments made by fellow employees — in this case, via an online bulletin board.
But the justices seemed unmoved by the plaintiff lawyer’s pitch to create a theory of vicarious liability for defamation, even where the employee has proven there was a sexually hostile workplace.
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