CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 3065
Sexual Harassment in Defined Relationship—Essential
Factual Elements (Civ. Code, § 51.9)
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] sexually harassed [him/
her/nonbinary pronoun]. To establish this claim, [name of plaintiff] must
prove all of the following:
1. [That [name of plaintiff] had a [business/service/ [or] professional]
relationship with [name of defendant];]
1. [or]
1. [That [name of defendant] held [himself/herself/ nonbinary pronoun]
out as being able to help [name of plaintiff] establish a [business/
service/ [or] professional] relationship with [[name of defendant]/
[or] [name of third party]];]
2. [That [name of defendant] made [sexual
advances/solicitations/sexual requests/demands for sexual
compliance/[insert other actionable conduct]] to [name of plaintiff];]
2. [or]
2. [That [name of defendant] engaged in [verbal/visual/physical]
conduct of a [sexual nature/hostile nature based on gender];]
3. That [name of defendant]’s conduct was unwelcome and also
pervasive or severe; and
4. That [name of plaintiff] has suffered or will suffer [economic loss
or disadvantage/personal injury/the violation of a statutory or
constitutional right] as a result of [name of defendant]’s conduct.
New September 2003; Revised April 2008; Renumbered from CACI No. 3024
December 2012; Revised January 2019
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
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