California Top Court Likely To Revive Suit Over Slur Use at Work

California Supreme Court justices appear poised to revive a suit brought by a San Francisco District Attorney’s Office employee, who alleged her co-worker called her an anti-Black slur and contributed to a hostile work environment.

The justices were receptive to arguments from Twanda Bailey’s attorneys that a lower court misjudged the impact of being called a “scary [n-word],” as described in court documents, on her experience at work and ignored the circumstances surrounding the slur. Bailey alleges the office shut down an investigation into the harassment and that the HR manager, Evette Taylor-Monachino, didn’t separate Bailey from the co-worker, Saras ...