Advanced Legal Writing. Case about Hostile Work Environment and Sexual Harassment

Master's Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Law - Civil / Private / Industrial / Labour, grade: A, Suffolk University Law School, course: Master of iternational law and Business, language: English, abstract: The Court should reverse the partial summary judgment, because Mr. Carson's actions were threatening and humiliating, because the appellant, pulling the seat belt of the car across her body and expressing his sexual desire for her, or calling her "Luscious Lisa" and touching her in several occasions created an objective hostile workplace environment sexual harassment sufficiently severe to alter the condition of the victim's employment.1 An hostile workplace harassment is objectively hostile when the actions of touching a co-worker are severe and pervasive enough to alter the term of the employment. 2 Comments severe enough to alter the work place create a hostile workplace environment. 3 Innuendos create an uncomfortable work environment when are an unwelcome sexual invitation.