NY State Court Officer, Coworker Headed for Sex Harassment Trial

The New York State Unified Court System doesn’t have to face trial on a court officer’s sexual harassment claim, but a jury must decide her claims against her alleged harasser, a federal judge ruled.

There’s evidence he held supervisory power over her following his promotion to sergeant, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said. Not only does she assert he was her supervisor, but he testified he had supervisory responsibilities over court officers when they were assigned to his part of the courthouse and that more junior officers needed to follow his directives in such ...