ArticleDiscrimination and harassment suffered by a gay General Electric employee is "so outrageous, that standing by itself meets the standard of intentional infliction of emotional distress, and should be tried by a jury," the worker's attorney told a three-judge panel of the Eleventh District Ohio Court of Appeals.
The November 22 hearing was the last issue that will be considered by an Ohio court after six years of litigation by Barry Tenney, 52, against the company where he worked for 33 years, and four of his co-workers.