LAWSON v. STRAUS

No. 98-CA-2096.

750 So.2d 234 (1999)

Sheila LAWSON, Lisa Prince, and Kimberly Kady v. Dr. Jeffrey STRAUS, Louisiana Eye Center of New Orleans, PC d/b/a Straus Azar Medical Surgical and Lazer Eye Center, Medical Care International, Continental Casualty Company, and St. Paul Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied March 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip C. Ciaccio, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, and Dwan S. Hilferty, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Thomas E. Loehn, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Dr. Jeffrey Straus.

Peter Sperling, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Louisiana Eye Center of New Orleans, etc.

George Richaud, Young, Richaud & Myers, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Insurance Company of North America.

Margaret Bradley, Law Offices of Robert Birtch, Metairie, Louisiana, Attorney for St. Paul Insurance Company.

Gwen Hebert, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Continental Casualty Company.

Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge CHARLES R. JONES, and Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER.


JONES, Judge.

Plaintiffs/appellants, Sheila Lawson, Lisa Prince and Kim Kady, appeal the judgment of the trial court dismissing their claim for sexual harassment. The jury found that the plaintiffs had suffered injury, but that it neither rose to the level of sexual harassment nor was intentional on the part of the accused. After reviewing the record, we find that the trial court committed reversible error, therefore, requiring...

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