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VARGAS v. RIVERBEND MANAGEMENT LLC

No. Cum-23-249.

2024 ME 27

TIFFANY VARGAS et al., v. RIVERBEND MANAGEMENT LLC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: April 18, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Clifford, Esq. (orally), and Andrew P. Cotter, Esq. , Clifford & Clifford, LLC, Portland, for appellants Tiffany Vargas and Erika Acevedo

David A. Goldman, Esq. (orally), Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, for appellee Riverbend Management LLC

Peter Mancuso, Esq. , and Pamela Lee, Esq. , Borealis Law PLLC, Portland, for amicus curiae Maine Employment Lawyers Association

Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, HORTON, CONNORS, LAWRENCE, and DOUGLAS, JJ.

[¶ 1] We are called to consider the standard governing an employer's vicarious liability under the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), 5 M.R.S. §§ 4551-4634 (2023), for an employee's discriminatory behavior toward a customer. Tiffany Vargas and Erika Acevedo appeal from a judgment entered after a bench trial in favor of Riverbend...

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