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CACI No. 2520

Quid pro quo Sexual Harassment—Essential Factual

activein force · 2025-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

Elements

[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] subjected

[him/her/nonbinary pronoun] to sexual harassment. To establish this

claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:

1. That [name of plaintiff] [was an employee of [name of defendant]/

applied to [name of defendant] for a job /was a person providing

services pursuant to a contract with [name of defendant]];

2. That [name of alleged harasser] made unwanted sexual advances

to [name of plaintiff] or engaged in other unwanted verbal or

physical conduct of a sexual nature;

3. That terms of employment, job benefits, or favorable working

conditions were made contingent, by words or conduct, on [name

of plaintiff]’s acceptance of [name of alleged harasser]’s sexual

advances or conduct;

4. That at the time of [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun] conduct, [name of

alleged harasser] was a supervisor or agent for [name of

defendant];

5. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and

6. That [name of alleged harasser]’s conduct was a substantial factor

in causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm.

New September 2003; Revised December 2015

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
caci-2025
Content hash
d85c2e46468fbdbcd128dcddacfc34e4b9ffdae621792512968e13f62cc6465b
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