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Labor/Employment

Jan. 25, 2007

'Boy Toy' Suit Slapped Down in State Court

His boss might have called him "my bitch" and "my boy toy," but that doesn't give a university employee the right to sue a manager who rejected his sexual-harassment complaint, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      His boss might have called him "my bitch" and "my boy toy," but that doesn't give a university employee the right to sue a manager who rejected his sexual-harassment complaint, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday.
      Hearing officers who work for public entities are immune from civil liability under a state law designed to discourage the use of la...

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