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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 9.07
Employer's Liability for Sexual Harassment: Reasonable Care Defense
Even if you find all elements of the plaintiff’s claim of sexual harassment to exist, [the employer] cannot be held liable for sexual harassment if you find that it is more likely true than not true that:
(1) [the employer] exercised reasonable care to prevent and to correct promptly the sexual harassment; and
(2) the plaintiff unreasonably failed to take advantage of the preventive or corrective opportunities that [the employer] provided.
If you find that [the employer] has proven both of these elements, then you must find for [the employer] on the plaintiff’s claims. If you find that [the employer] has failed to prove either of these elements, then you should disregard this defense when considering the plaintiff’s claims.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 9.07, dated Added 2004. Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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