Supreme Court of California

2003 Amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) stating that employers are potentially liable when third party nonemployees sexually harass their employees merely clarified existing law and thus, contrary to the court of appeals judgment, may be properly applied to an action which was initially before the court when the Legislature amended the statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2006
• Published 06/08/2006

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph Maguire,John H. McCardle, Sacramento, Patricia M. Keegan and Robert Wilson for Defendant and Appellant., Graves & King, Patrick L. Graves, Riverside, Harvey W. Wimer III and Dennis J. Mahoney for Diversified Paratransit, Inc., and California Manufacturers and Technology Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Jones Day, Elwood Lui, Scott D. Bertzyk and Eugenia Castruccio Salamon, Los Angeles, for Los Angeles Unified School District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Terry K. Davis, Santa Ana, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Law Office of David J. Duchow and David J. Duchow for California Employment Lawyers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent., Orren & Orren and Tyna Thall Orren, Pasadena, for Janis Adams as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent., Dave Jones and Joseph Dunn as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.