0165 Action brought under FEHA for sexual harassment is a tort action and subject to sanctions for failure to settle in good faith including pre-judgment interest on punitive damages award; out of court statements made to employer are not excludable as hearsay if offered to prove employer's knowledge rather than truth of the statements; wilful suppression of evidence justified conclusion that evidence would have been damaging to party suppressing it; attorney fees of $450 per hour were not excessive.CitationBIHUN v AT&T (Sexual Harassment Evidence) 13 CA4 976 [See: CivC 3291; GovC 12940]
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