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Sexual harassment within the landlord-tenant relationship is similar to sexual harassment within the employer-employee relationship: in both situations one party leverages its greater bargaining power in an attempt to obtain sexual favors. Indeed, the law regarding landlord-tenant sexual harassment has developed by analogy to employer-employee sexual harassment.
However, the law regarding landlord-tenant sexual harassment is less developed than employer-employee sexual harassment, and the scope of landlord liability is difficult to determine and predict. So far, juries have been reluctant to award large amounts to tenant-plaintiffs. However, because landlord-tenant sexual harassment law is based on employer-employee cases, awards in landlord-tenant cases are likely to increase substantially, and become more comparable to awards in employer-employee cases.
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