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Friday, April 26, 2024 | Back issues
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Win for harassment victim

DALLAS — A federal court in Texas granted back pay and compensatory damages to an employee who says her former employer sexually harassed her on a daily basis, then fired her for not deleting his harassing text messages. The punitive damages she requested are denied because, in combination with her other damages, they would exceed statutory limits.

Read the ruling here.

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