PURRINGTON v. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

No. 91-4219.

996 F.2d 1025 (1993)

Beverly T. PURRINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Chase N. Peterson, James L. Clayton, Kay M. Coleman, Ramona Adams, Shauna Adix, in their representative capacities; Shauna Adix, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth T. Dunning of Watkiss, Dunning & Watkiss, Salt Lake City, UT, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lois A. Baar (Francis M. Wikstrom and W. Mark Gavre of Parsons, Behle & Latimer, and Janet Hugie Smith of Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, attorney for Shauna Adix, with her on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for defendants-appellees.

Before TACHA and BARRETT, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

In September, 1985, Beverly T. Purrington (Purrington) was hired by the University of Utah as the Program Coordinator at the Women's Resource Center (WRC), at which time Shauna Adix (Adix) served as the WRC Director. In March, 1986, Purrington contends that Adix began sexually harassing her. The harassment consisted of Adix frequently touching Purrington; pressing her body, namely her breasts, against Purrington; trapping Purrington...

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