CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 2520
Quid pro quo Sexual Harassment—Essential Factual
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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