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The plaintiff filed this action with twelve initial counts, most of which I dismissed prior to the case going to the jury. After seven trial days and over a day of deliberation, the jury found that defendant Beaudoin had sexually battered the plaintiff and that Muzak was liable for the sexual harassment the plaintiff and had breached its contract or covenant of good faith and fair dealing with the plaintiff. The jury did not find that Muzak had constructively discharged plaintiff in relation for reporting the sexual harassment and did not award her anything for back or front pay. Nor did the jury award her anything as a result of Muzak’s breach of contract. The jury did award her $50,000 in compensatory damages on the battery count and $75,000 compensatory damages and $1,000,000’ in punitive damages on the sexual harassment claim.

The plaintiff, Debbie Rowe (“Rowe”), initiated this matter with the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights, but, due to removal, the case is now before this Court. Rowe asserts claims against the defendants, Thibeault Corporation (“Thibeault Corp.”), Ernest Thibeault (“Thibeault”), and John Foley (“Foley”), under RSA Chapter 354-A and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. She alleges that while she worked for Thibeault Corp. she was subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation. Rowe claims that she worked for Thibeault Corp. from March 2003 into December 2003, and that Thibeault and Foley both subjected her to sexual harassment. She further alleges that after she complained about harassment against her, and Thibeault’s claimed sexual harassment of certain other female employees, she was subjected to retaliation that ultimately led to her termination from employment. She asserts that Thibeault and Foley participated in the retaliation.

The plaintiffs, Joseph Laramie and Timothy Hallam, brought separate actions against the above-captioned defendants, their employer, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (DOC), their supervisor, Bruce Cattell, and co-workers Shawn Stone and Todd Connor. The cases were consolidated for pretrial purposes on August 14, 2006, since plaintiffs’ writs set forth virtually identical claims against the same defendants. In Count I of their writs, plaintiffs assert a claim against DOC for wrongful termination of their employment. Counts II and III allege, respectively, claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and intentional interference with contractual relations against all the individual defendants. Count IV asserts a claim against defendant Cattell, warden of the New Hampshire State Prison in Concord at the relevant times, for deprivation of plaintiffs’ civil rights, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“§ 1983”). Lastly, Count V asserts a claim for the so-called “false light” variety of tortious invasion of privacy, which plaintiff Laramie brings against defendants Stone and Connor and plaintiff Hallem brings against all individual defendants. Presently before the court are the defendants’ motions for summary judgment.