Ford v. Revlon, Inc.
153 Ariz. 38, 734 P.2d 580 (1987)
Facts: Plaintiff was an employee of Defendant. Plaintiff manager invited her out to dinner to discuss business, and at dinner manager asked Plaintiff to spend the night with him. Plaintiff rejected the offer and the manager stated that she will regret it. The manager started giving Plaintiff an extremely difficult time. He physically touched Plaintiff in a sexual manner and made many derogatory comments. Plaintiff reported this to the supervisors on not one but many occasions. But no action was taken. Plaintiff even tried to commit suicide. Then finally after a year and few months since the sexual harassment had started, the manager was terminated.
Procedure: Plaintiff sued both the manager and Defendant for assault and battery, and for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The jury found the manager liable of assault and battery but not liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The jury found......
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