$1.2 Million Added to Award in Spanking Case

A jury on Friday added $1.2 million in punitive damages to the court award of a woman who had sued her employer after she was spanked in front of her colleagues in what the Anaheim-based company referred to as an exercise designed to build camaraderie.

The jury of six men and six women found that Janet Orlando had suffered from sexual harassment and sexual battery on three occasions during her employment at home security company Alarm One Inc. in Fresno.

Orlando had been awarded $10,000 for economic loss, $40,000 for future medical costs and $450,000 for emotional distress, pain and suffering.