{"id":694,"date":"2022-03-21T05:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T05:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/statutes-california-laws\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2022-05-20T23:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:45:07","slug":"civil-code-51-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/civil-code-51-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Code 51.9"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-e878f05c31dff72941bf1e49a00d9ff5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Currrent as of February 4, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1097ur6-a4edf5f0a6406856c49a3a5363869d03\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l1097ur6-a4edf5f0a6406856c49a3a5363869d03 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:19px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1097ur6-a4edf5f0a6406856c49a3a5363869d03 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Civil Code \u00a7\u2002<span class=\"SS_SH SS_prior\">51.9<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"SS_Banner\">Sexual harassment<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>(a)<\/strong> A person is liable in a cause of action for sexual harassment under this section when the plaintiff proves all of the following elements:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1) There is a business, service, or professional relationship between the plaintiff and defendant or the defendant holds himself or herself out as being able to help the plaintiff establish a business, service, or professional relationship with the defendant or a third party. Such a relationship may exist between a plaintiff and a person, including, but not limited to, any of the following persons:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">(A) Physician, psychotherapist, or dentist. For purposes of this section, \u201cpsychotherapist\u201d has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 728 of the Business and Professions Code.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">(B) Attorney, holder of a master\u2019s degree in social work, real estate agent, real estate appraiser, investor, accountant, banker, trust officer, financial planner loan officer, collection service, building contractor, or escrow loan officer.<br \/>\n(C) Executor, trustee, or administrator.<br \/>\n(D) Landlord or property manager.<br \/>\n(E) Teacher.<br \/>\n(F) Elected official.<br \/>\n(G) Lobbyist.<br \/>\n(H) Director or producer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">(I) A relationship that is substantially similar to any of the above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2) The defendant has made sexual advances, solicitations, sexual requests, demands for sexual compliance by the plaintiff, or engaged in other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature or of a hostile nature based on gender, that were unwelcome and pervasive or severe.<br \/>\n(3) The plaintiff has suffered or will suffer economic loss or disadvantage or personal injury, including, but not limited to, emotional distress or the violation of a statutory or constitutional right, as a result of the conduct described in paragraph (2).<\/p>\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> In an action pursuant to this section, damages shall be awarded as provided by subdivision (b) of Section 52.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(c)<\/strong> Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit application of any other remedies or rights provided under the law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(d)<\/strong> The definition of sexual harassment and the standards for determining liability set forth in this section shall be limited to determining liability only with regard to a cause of action brought under this section.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Added Stats 1994 ch 710 \u00a7 2 (SB 612). Amended Stats 1996 ch 150 \u00a7 1 (SB 195); Stats 1999 ch 964 \u00a7 1 (AB 519); Stats 2018 ch 951 \u00a7 1 (SB 224), effective January 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Civil Code 51.9<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Civil Code 51.9 - California Statutes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/civil-code-51-9\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Civil Code 51.9 - 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