Coffee giant Starbucks settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a teenager who claims she was subjected to sexual harassment by an older manager. The settlement comes less than a month before the sexual harassment trial. The settlement amount is unknown at this time as the parties signed a confidentiality agreement as part of the settlement which is common. The lawsuit alleged Kati Moore who was sixteen at the time she was working at Starbucks was sexually harassed by her manager and he attempted to have sex with her. Moore complained about the sexual harassment but Starbucks did not stop the harassment.
Moore's case was featured on t...
Former Kendall County Illinois Sheriff's Department worker Lisa Easi will receive $188,000 to settle her sexual harassment lawsuit against Terry Tichava, the chief deputy in the Kendall County Sheriff's Department. Easi was a twenty year veteran of the department and was Tichava's secretary at the time she was fired.
This case was getting closer to trial and many times the defendant will start to look at the total amount it may have to pay if it losses at trial.
$500,000 harassment settlement
EEOC settlement $500,000 settles an EEOC claim that two car dealerships knew about and tolerated a work environment permeated by sexual and racial harassment. An EEOC attorney described the incidents as "shocking." The EEOC claimed the dealerships failed to take corrective action and instead retaliated against employees who challenged the discriminatory conduct. Middlesex County will pay $1.59 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the sheriff department. Former sheriff’s officers Joan Ivan and Angel Jazikoff, alleged they were subjected to years of sexual propositions, innuendo and lewd, offensive behavior. This county recently paid $1 Million to settle another sexual harassment lawsuit which was filed by five women. You would think this sheriffs department would get their act together and spend some time fighting crime. Ivan was an officer from 1999 to 2003, when she was fired after failing to pass a qualification test with her service weapon. Garrigan claims she was fired in retaliation for bringing the lawsuit. According to... 
