Savino Gutierrez was sexually harassed by his supervisor, Maria Martinez. Martinez, the director of human resources and CFO for Cal Spas, a division of California Acrylics Industries, had pursued Gutierrez in a sexual way nearly every day for six years and had demoted him twice for spurning her advances which involved fondling and sexual touching. A jury recently awarded Gutierrez more than $1 million in his case against the company, although the verdict is under appeal.
I have not been successful in helping the student learn how that appeal turned out. Here is where I have searched so far using variations of a query for CAL SPAS AND HARASSMENT:
- Factiva
- Lexis-Nexis ( searched News, Business, and Legal Research sections)
- Westlaw Campus
- ABI/Inform GlobaL
- Business Source Premier
For the moment, I've referred the student to one of the public access law libraries here in New York, where there may be a wider range of legal sources to use. Since this student's question is an assigment and is one that I recall hearing about last year, I was wondering if there is some place I have neglected to search.
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Stephen,
Sabino Gutierrez's attorney was Gloria Allred, who is well-known. She is with this law firm: http://www.amglaw.com/
I couldn't find anything else. He might have sued California Acrylic rather than Cal Spas. The article you cited also provided the court Los Angeles Superior Court, a trial court, and the judge's name,Ernest G. William, but I couldn't locate anything else.
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