How have courts dealt with sexual harassment claims against a blind employee who was sexually harassed by her employer?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Hoit v. Capital Dist. Transp. Auth., 19-202 (2nd Cir. 2020):

show that the employer "encourage[ed], condon[ed], or approv[ed]" the sexually harassing conduct. Forrest v. Jewish Guild for the Blind, 3 N.Y.3d 295, 311 (2004) (internal quotation marks omitted).

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