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SANDERS v. LANIER

968 S.W.2d 787 (1998)

Sandra SANDERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David W. LANIER and State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

March 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Elizabeth Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for Appellant State of Tennessee.

Jerrold L. Becker, Scarlett A. Beaty, Lockridge, Becker & Valone, P.C., Knoxville, for Appellee.

OPINION

HOLDER, Justice.

The issue with which we are confronted is whether the State may be liable to a county employee for employment discrimination under the Tennessee Human Rights Act ("THRA") when the county employee is under the supervision of a state judge who commits quid pro quo sexual harassment against the county employee. The trial court answered the question in the negative holding that the State was not the plaintiff's employer under the THRA...

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