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Faragher v. City of Boca Raton  

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  • At issue in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton (1998) was whether a public employer could be liable for sexual harassment committed by supervisory employees. The Court ruled that an employer could be liable in such circumstances but also outlined affirmative defenses that employers might make to such claims. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Faragher v. City of Boca Raton]

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Date

  • 1998

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Faragher_v._City_of_Boca_Raton

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