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What did the court decide in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton?

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An employer is subject to vicarious liability to a victimized employee for an actionable hostile environment created by a supervisor with immediate (or successively higher) authority over the employee

The Court set out when an employer is vicariously liable for a supervisor's harassment and the affirmative defense available in some cases.

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