Posted on 04/26/2006 2:20:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Apr 28, 2006 12:32 pm US/Pacific
Woman Awarded $500K For Being Spanked At Work
AP) FRESNO, Calif. A saleswoman who was spanked in front of her co-workers as part of what her employer said was a camaraderie-building exercise will get $500,000 in damages.
A Fresno jury agreed with Janet Orlando Friday that she suffered sexual harassment and sexual battery during the paddlings overseen by the security alarm company she worked for before quitting two years ago.
Jurors awarded her damages for emotional distress, pain, suffering, past economic losses and future medical costs. They also agreed that Anaheim-based Alarm One acted with malice, but they rejected Orlando's claim that the spankings amounted to assault.
The exercises Orlando participated in pitted sales teams against each other. Besides inflicting the spankings, participants threw pies at the losers, fed them baby food and made them wear diapers.
Only in California.
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