September 20, 2002

Georgetown Ordered to Pay $1-Million to Former Employee

By MARTIN VAN DER WERF

A federal jury has awarded a former Georgetown University employee more than $1-million after finding that she had been sexually harassed by her boss, a man who is now the institution's top business officer.

Monica Estes was the cash manager at Georgetown when she was fired, in December 1996. A jury in U.S. District Court in Washington this month awarded her $40,000 in compensatory damages, $50,000 in back pay, and $1-million in punitive damages. Jurors agreed with her contention that

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