The Connecticut Appellate Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling in a workplace sexual harassment case, despite errors by the judge in not accepting the jury’s original verdict of no monetary damages for the winning plaintiff.

In its challenge before the Appellate Court, Norwalk-based West Avenue Dental said Stamford Superior Court Judge Kenneth Povodator erred when he did not accept the plaintiff’s verdict. The jury would have awarded no damages to Andrea Robles, a former employee who said she was sexually harassed by a male colleague, and that the dental practice did not properly address the alleged abuse.

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