Court Opinion

ID: 9476235
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:50:46.058096+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:11.894159
License: Public Domain

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
The magistrate found, in substance, that Avco had long been on notice of Mr. Sanders’ apparent inability to conduct himself properly toward the company’s female employees, and like Judges Martin and Well-ford, I believe we must accept that finding as not clearly erroneous. The company having done absolutely nothing about the problem before the plaintiffs lodged their complaints, it seems to me that Avco may be held liable for the plaintiffs’ damages under traditional agency concepts. This court is affirming the finding of liability on that basis, as I understand it, and I write separately only to emphasize that Avco having been held responsible for Sanders’ actions “under an agency theory and the facts of this case,” our holding ought not to be construed as suggesting that the employer would be liable even if the facts of the case did not support a finding of liability under established agency principles.