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Irregular News for 08.30.06
Kansas City, MO -- Jury backs woman’s harassment claims. A federal jury in Kansas City jury has decided that placing pornographic pictures in a worker’s Bible, plus other unwelcome actions, constituted harassment meriting a $101,000 award.
A four-day trial produced the award for Cindy Johnston, who worked in Garden City, Mo.
Attorneys for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and private attorney Brad Kavanaugh represented Johnston in her claim against Garden City Plastics Equipment and Supply Co. Inc. and Plastic Packaging Concepts Inc., two interrelated companies.
Johnston’s supervisors engaged in sexual harassment and that her complaints to management were not handled correctly, the jury ruled.
A company attorney said that the facts of the case were “highly disputed".
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Kansas City, MO -- Jury backs woman’s harassment claims. A federal jury in Kansas City jury has decided that placing pornographic pictures in a worker’s Bible, plus other unwelcome actions, constituted harassment meriting a $101,000 award.
A four-day trial produced the award for Cindy Johnston, who worked in Garden City, Mo.
Attorneys for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and private attorney Brad Kavanaugh represented Johnston in her claim against Garden City Plastics Equipment and Supply Co. Inc. and Plastic Packaging Concepts Inc., two interrelated companies.
Johnston’s supervisors engaged in sexual harassment and that her complaints to management were not handled correctly, the jury ruled.
A company attorney said that the facts of the case were “highly disputed".
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