Labor/Employment
Oct. 29, 2026
Jury rejects racial harassment claim despite plaintiff's landmark Supreme Court victory
A San Francisco jury rejected Twanda Bailey's harassment and retaliation claims after a California Supreme Court ruling revived her lawsuit and clarified when a single racial slur constitutes actionable harassment.
A San Francisco jury rejected a former District Attorney's Office employee's racial harassment and retaliation claims, ending a trial made possible by a California Supreme Court decision that clarified when a single racial slur can constitute unlawful workplace harassment.
Twanda Bailey, who sued the city in 2015 after alleging that a coworker called her the n-word, had lost on summary judgment in Superior Court and again in the 1st District Court of Appeal. But the state ...
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