Yesterday’s Employment Law Section presentation on Kelly v. State, Dep’t of Corrections, 218 P.3d 291 (Alaska 2009), prompted me to review two related issues:
1) Whether Workers Comp immunity bars sexual harassment claims under the Human Rights Act and tort law? Yes and No. (Better: No and Yes.) AS 23.05.055 (”Exclusiveness of liability”) provides, in relevant part:
The liability of an […]
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