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Get more case briefs explained with Quimbee. Quimbee has over 35,900 case briefs (and counting) keyed to 984 casebooks ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... Faragher v. City of Boca Raton | 524 U.S. 775 (1998) Under vicarious liability, one party can be liable for another’s misconduct. The United States Supreme Court explored an employer’s vicarious liability for sexual harassment under Title Seven of the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-Four in the case of Faragher versus City of Boca Raton. Beth Ann Faragher spent her summers working as a lifeguard for the City of Boca Raton. Faragher’s supervisors were three men, Bill Terry, David Silverman, and Robert Gordon. During her five years working for the city, Terry and Silverman made several lewd remarks to Faragher and repeatedly engaged in uninvited and offensive touching. For example, Terry said he wouldn’t promote a woman and made sexual comments, and Silverman threatened to make Faragher clean toilets if she didn’t date him. Faragher told Gordon about this conduct, but he never reported it. As a lifeguard, Faragher worked at the beach and only reported to those in her chain of command. Because the lifeguards had no contact with other city officials, their supervisors had virtually unchecked authority over them. In addition, the city didn’t disseminate its sexual harassment policy to beach employees, nor did it have a way for lifeguards to report sexual harassment without involving their supervisors. After resigning, Faragher sued Terry, Silverman, and the City of Boca Raton for sexual harassment under Title Seven. The district court found that Terry’s and Silverman’s sexual harassment constituted actionable discrimination under Title Seven and held the city vicariously liable. The Eleventh Circuit reversed in part, holding that the city wasn’t vicariously liable because Terry and Silverman weren’t acting within the scope of their employment when they harassed Faragher. The United States Supreme Court granted cert. Want more details on this case? Get the rule of law, issues, holding and reasonings, and more case facts here: https://www.quimbee.com/cases/faraghe... The Quimbee App features over 16,300 case briefs keyed to 223 casebooks. Try it free for 7 days! ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... Have Questions about this Case? Submit your questions and get answers from a real attorney here: https://www.quimbee.com/cases/faraghe... Did we just become best friends? Stay connected to Quimbee here: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ► https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Quimbee Case Brief App ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... Facebook ►   / quimbeedotcom   Twitter ►   / quimbeedotcom   #casebriefs #lawcases #casesummaries