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WIRIG v. KINNEY SHOE CORP.

No. C5-89-653.

461 N.W.2d 374 (1990)

Margaret WIRIG, Appellant, v. KINNEY SHOE CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Altman, North Oaks, Sam T. Courey, Courey, Schwinn & Kodadek, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Joseph J. Roby, Jr., Johnson, Killen, Thibodeau & Seiler, Duluth, for respondent.

Sonja R. Peterson, Horton & Assoc., Minneapolis, for amicus curiae MN Now & Les Soers.

Minn. Dept. of Human Rights, Earll M. Pott, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, amicus curiae.

Minn. Trial Lawyers Ass'n, David Singer, Karla R. Wahl, amicus curiae.

Women's Legal Defense Fund, Andrea F. Rubenstein, Douglas A. Hedin, Minneapolis, amicus curiae.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

KEITH, Justice.

Margaret Wirig commenced this action seeking damages against her former employer Kinney Shoe Corporation (Kinney) for sexual harassment under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), for common law battery arising from the same set of facts and for defamation of an employee by an employer. At the end of trial, the jury found in favor of Wirig on all three counts. The jury awarded the following damages: $30,000 compensatory, $7,100 future, and $5,000...

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