Beth Ann Faragher
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United States Supreme Court case
employment discrimination case
person
plaintiff
sexual harassment case
Beth Ann Faragher is a former lifeguard whose sexual harassment lawsuit against the City of Boca Raton led to a landmark 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision defining employer liability for workplace harassment.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Faragher v. City of Boca Raton | 0 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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employment discrimination case ⓘ person ⓘ plaintiff ⓘ sexual harassment case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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employment law ⓘ labor law ⓘ |
| citation | 524 U.S. 775 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1998 ⓘ |
| employerAtTimeOfEvents | City of Boca Raton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | lifeguard ⓘ |
| fullName | Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| holding |
An employer is vicariously liable under Title VII for actionable discrimination caused by a supervisor with immediate or successively higher authority over the employee
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An employer may raise an affirmative defense to liability or damages when no tangible employment action is taken if it exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct harassing behavior and the employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of preventive or corrective opportunities ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| legalClaim | sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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employer liability for workplace harassment ⓘ |
| name | Beth Ann Faragher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCase | Faragher v. City of Boca Raton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | sexual harassment lawsuit against the City of Boca Raton ⓘ |
| occupation | lifeguard ⓘ |
| partyIn | Faragher v. City of Boca Raton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| petitioner | Beth Ann Faragher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent | City of Boca Raton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace | Boca Raton, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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