Retrial nears end for Firefighters ‘harassed’ at Pride Parade
”The city’s best defense is, ‘Even if you were harassed, it was not severe or pervasive,’ The law is unclear, and the fact that this is a hot-button issue makes this an even harder case. It’s going to be difficult to keep the jurors’ prejudices out of the decision-making.”
Shaun Martin, a professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, describing the second trial of several San Diego firefighters who say they were forced to participate in a Gay Pride Parade and then were sexually harassed by observers of the event. They are suing the city for $1 million dollars each, however, in a previous trial, the jury failed to reach a verdict. It is reported that the plaintiffs contradicted themselves and each other during testimony. The new trial is expected to go to jury on Wednesday.(San Diego Union Tribune)
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