The exclusive remedy of workers' compensation did not bar a Kern County probation officer's claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to a decision from California's 5th District Court of Appeal. The 5th DCA reversed part of a Kern County Superior Court's decision to grant summary judgment against Melissa Routh's claims for sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The case title is Routh v. Kern County Probation Department, No. F061156, 2/1/12, unpublished. Routh, a juvenile probation off...
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