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DAHMS v. COGNEX CORPORATION

455 Mass. 190 (2009)

KIMBERLY DAHMS v. COGNEX CORPORATION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy H. Sibbison for the plaintiff.

Joan A. Lukey (Elizabeth E. Feeherry with her) for Cognex Corporation & another.

Justine H. Brousseau for John J. Rogers, Jr.

Rebecca G. Pontikes, Tara M. Swartz, & Jonathan J. Margolis, for Massachusetts Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Catherine C. Ziehl & Beverly I. Ward, for Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & GANTS, JJ.

CORDY, J.

Kimberly Dahms, an employee of Cognex Corporation (Cognex), filed a civil complaint alleging that John J. Rogers, an officer of Cognex, subjected her to "quid pro quo" sexual harassment over the course of several years in violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (16A)2; Cognex and Robert J. Shillman, the chief executive officer of Cognex, aided and abetted Rogers's harassment by failing promptly to investigate his conduct and take...

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