WEEKS v. BAKER & McKENZIE

Docket No. A068499.

63 Cal.App.4th 1128 (1998)

RENA WEEKS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BAKER & McKENZIE et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

May 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert M. Vantress, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Bernard A. Burk, Simon J. Frankel, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, John J. Bartko and Robert H. Bunzel for Defendants and Appellants.

Philip E. Kay, Rosen, Bien & Asaro, Sanford Jay Rosen, Lawrence A. Organ, Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & True and Alan B. Exelrod for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

STEIN, J.

A jury found that Martin R. Greenstein, a partner in the law firm of Baker & McKenzie, sexually harassed his secretary, plaintiff Rena Weeks and awarded her $50,000 in compensatory damages from both Greenstein and Baker & McKenzie. The jury further awarded Weeks $225,000 in punitive damages from Greenstein and $6.9 million in punitive damages from Baker & McKenzie. The latter award was reduced to $3.5...

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