A.W. v. I.B. Corp.
United States District Court for the District of Maine
224 F.R.D. 20 (2004)
- Written by Sean Carroll, JD
Facts
A.W. (plaintiff) worked for I.B. Corporation (IBC) (defendant). A.W. sued IBC for a hostile work environment due to sexual harassment by another IBC employee. At A.W.’s deposition, IBC asked him multiple questions that he refused to answer, including whether he had ever been attracted to a male at work (question 4), whether he had had multiple casual sexual partners and multiple homosexual partners (question 5), whether he had ever “picked someone up or been picked up or performed any sexual act in the Western Prom Park” (question 6A), whether he had ever engaged in any sexual activity on a pick-up basis (question 6B), and whether he had had any sexual relationships with males at IBC (question 7). IBC filed a motion to compel answers to these questions.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Cohen, J.)
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