This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Verdicts

Mar. 29, 2008

Jury Rules Company Failed to Protect Assaulted Employee

A federal jury awarded a woman $827,500 in damages after it found her former employer failed to protect her from sexual assault while she worked as a security guard at a state government parking facility in Sacramento.

By Nicolas Taborek
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1 of Verdicts & Settlements

      LOS ANGELES - A federal jury awarded a woman $827,500 in damages after it found her former employer failed to protect her from sexual assault while she worked as a security guard at a state government parking facility in Sacramento.
      Sharon Paterson was an employe...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up