It took Olivia Tamayo six years to accuse her supervisor of rape, but when she finished telling her story in court it took a jury less than six hours to award the farmworker $1 million in damages. A federal court jury found Harris Farms had not acted promptly to stop the harassment once it was reported, and that it retaliated against Tamayo. Attorneys with the EEOC, which brought the case, said the case underscores the fact that sexual harassment and abuse in the fields often goes unnoticed.
October 31, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
It took Olivia Tamayo six years to accuse her supervisor of rape, but when she finished telling her story in court it took a jury less than six hours to award the farmworker $1 million in damages.
A federal court jury in January found that Harris Farms, one of California’s largest farming operations, had not acted promptly to stop the harassment once it was reported, and that it retaliated against Tamayo, forcing her to quit.
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