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Jurors award record $167.7 million employment verdict 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: March 7, 2012

Tags: defamation, retaliation, sex harassment, Title VII, wrongful termination

In the largest verdict to an individual employment plaintiff in United States history, a California jury has awarded $167.7 million to a cardiac surgery physician assistant who suffered sexual harassment and wrongful termination.

Of the total verdict, $125 million was for punitive damages.

Employee suing for retaliation can’t show adverse action 

Published: November 3, 2011

Tags: retaliation, same-sex harassment, sex harassment, Title VII

A Title VII retaliation plaintiff could not show that he suffered adverse employment actions after complaining about same-sex harassment by a supervisor, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in affirming a judgment vacating a jury’s award of $500,000 in punitive damages.

EEOC files 15 suits in 10 days 

Published: September 7, 2011

Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, Discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, race discrimination, reasonable accommodation, sex harassment

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission didn’t stop to enjoy the last burst of summer, instead filing 15 discrimination suits over the last ten days of August.

City employee’s hostile environment claim revived 

Published: August 18, 2011

Tags: hostile work environment, sex harassment

A Baltimore city employee made out a sufficient claim of hostile environment sex harassment when she alleged her boss forcibly kissed her, fondled her leg, described his sexual encounters and propositioned her repeatedly to join him in his Jacuzzi, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing summary judgment.

EEOC settles sexual harassment suit against school 

Published: May 26, 2011

Tags: EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sex harassment, sexual harassment, Title VII

A Phoenix, Ariz. charter school will pay $41,125 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Former employee wins $10.6 million for sex harassment 

By: Scott Lauck
Published: May 9, 2011

Tags: sex harassment, UBS Financial Services

A former employee of UBS Financial Services has won nearly $10.6 million on claims that she was sexually harassed then fired in retaliation for gathering evidence for her case.

Male worker can sue for harassment 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: September 7, 2010

Tags: hostile work environment, sex harassment, Title VII

A male employee who claimed he received unwelcome romantic advances from a female co-worker can sue for sexual harassment, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.

Hostile environment claim can go forward 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: August 16, 2010

Tags: hostile environment, sex harassment, Title VII

A female employee can sue for hostile environment sex harassment under Title VII based on a foreman’s use of the word “bitch,” disparate work assignments to female workers, and the absence of locks on bathroom facilities, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in reversing a U.S. District Court.

EEOC: Harassment claims by men on the rise 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 11, 2010

Tags: EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sex harassment, Title VII

WASHINGTON – The number of sexual harassment claims filed by men has doubled in the past two decades, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports.

Female police officers settle harassment suit for $5M 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: June 11, 2009

Tags: sex harassment

Attorneys for 14 female Hayward, Calif., police officers who said they had faced systematic harassment based on their gender or sexual orientation announced today the case has been settled for nearly $5 million. Click here for the full article from The Contra Costa Times.