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Jury Awards Cal. Man $18M for Harassment LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury has ordered The Vons Companies Inc. to pay more than $18 million in damages to a former employee who claimed the supermarket chain fired him after he filed a report accusing a female supervisor of sexual harassment. The Simi Valley jury awarded more than $16 million in punitive damages to James Stevens on Friday, two days after ordering Vons to pay the one-time inventory clerk $1.7 million for economic loss and emotional distress, said attorney Gloria Allred, who represented Stevens. Stevens, a Ventura County resident who worked...

An ``extremely troubled'' Gov. Bill Richardson says he wants to meet with Democratic state auditor candidate Jeff Armijo to decide whether Armijo should drop out of the race over allegations of sexual misconduct. But Armijo said Monday that he's in the race to stay. ``The fact that there are two different police reports with serious claims gives the governor significant concern,'' Richardson spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said in a prepared statement. ``The governor hopes to meet soon with Mr. Armijo to discuss the allegations and decide whether he should stay in the race,'' he said. Richardson plans to meet with Armijo...

See for example this thread first. A women spanked at work then went to a lawyer and sued. That fine gent won one point seven mill I'm sure that that will teach us all the meaning of 'her-ass-meant'...!

Two weeks ago, a six-year-old boy was suspended from first grade for three days for "sexual harassment" because he allegedly put "two fingers inside [a] girl's waistband while she sat on the floor in front of him," according to an AP story. Sexual harassment at age six. Growing up kind of fast these days, aren't they? "He doesn't know those things," the boy's mother told the local press. "He's only six years old." The woman said she "screamed" about the suspension. Yeah, well, I'd scream too. The whole thing is stupid--children poking at one another and then being punished for...

Seeking to put an end to an episode that made national news, Comptroller William Donald Schaefer acknowledged yesterday that he had embarrassed a young state employee whom he ogled during a crowded Board of Public Works meeting this week. Schaefer did not concede, however, that he had done anything improper in a barely legible, handwritten note he scrawled on official stationery and had delivered to Elizabeth Krum, 24, an executive assistant to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. Advertisement "Embarrass you intentionally - never," Schaefer wrote in the note, which had to be deciphered for reporters by his communications director. "You...

BY THE YEAR 2020, every American will be a victim. Give it another 15 years, and there will be a study that puts every man, woman and child into one aggrieved group or another. In that spirit, a new study by the American Association of University Women found that "nearly two-thirds of college students experience sexual harassment at some point during college." When you consider what the AAUW's definition of sexual harassment is -- "unwanted or unwelcome sexual behavior that interferes with your life'' -- it is surprising that the percentage is so low. The study even lists "sexual comments,...

Seven years on, Washington interns are still struggling to shake off the Lewinsky tag, finds Abbie Finfrock It is 11am in Washington DC. Here I am, an ingénue 20-year-old intern, sipping my coffee and desperately trying to figure out how my tape recorder works so I can accurately cover an event at the American Enterprise Institute think-tank, when a man in his late fifties walks over and offers to help.

Office Affairs Can be Detrimental to Your Career “Proceed with caution if you’re tempted to have an office affair” says infidelity expert Ruth Houston, who was recently quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article on office affairs and workplace romance. (PRWEB) March 8, 2005 -- “Proceed with caution if you’re contemplating having an office affair or workplace romance” says infidelity expert Ruth Houston, who was recently quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article on office romance. Experts say that over 70% of single employees will become romantically involved with someone on the job at some point in their career. Research...

Six-year-old accused of harassmentBy Darrell GilesNovember 21, 2004THE Queensland Government has ordered an investigation into why a six-year-old boy was suspended from school after being accused of sexual harassment. The Year 1 student was sent home this week after he poked a female classmate on the bottom. The one-day suspension sparked outrage with parents angry at what they saw as extremely harsh punishment for the youngster. Queensland's Parents and Citizens Council said it was political correctness gone mad with school officials exhibiting a "knee-jerk reaction" out of fear the victim's parents might sue. The boy spent Monday at home...

Key points • Hereditary heir to British throne criticises those with 'ideas above their station' • Such as former secretary, who is claiming unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination • More unwelcome ructions from Clarence House for Monarchy Key quote"People think they can all be pop stars, high court judges, brilliant TV personalities or infinitely more competent heads of state without ever putting in the necessary work or having natural ability. This is the result of social utopianism which believes humanity can be genetically and socially engineered to contradict the lessons of history." - Prince Charles PRINCE Charles’s latest pronouncement on...

As Bill Clinton's library is unveiled at a gala opening this week, one thing is certain: His messy legacy will be on full display. One alcove will be dedicated to impeachment, and organizers have promised not to sidestep even Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones. The 58-year-old political superstar is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to his library. "Bill Clinton is a rock star," said Skip Rutherford, head of Clinton's nonprofit foundation that built the $165 million library. "He is Elvis." The William J. Clinton Presidential Center, a metaphorical "bridge to the 21st century" cantilevered out...

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers Tuesday confirmed that a member of his staff had filed a complaint against him alleging sexual harassment, but denied the allegations. Lubbers, a former prime minister of the Netherlands, said in a statement read to reporters in Geneva that there had been "no improper behavior on his part," but a U.N. investigation was under way. Lubbers was in Washington Tuesday to meet Secretary of State Colin Powell and other officials to discuss humanitarian crises in Sudan and elsewhere. The New York Times reported Monday that the U.N. was investigating...

Remember, he was only impeached over some "oral-anal contact". (See the footnotes Clinton lovers)

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - State officials have banned inmates from receiving pornography after a growing number of female prison guards said they find the materials offensive.</p> <p>Inmates are no longer allowed to receive pornographic magazines, along with photos, drawings and other depictions of nudity.</p>

<p>The Michigan Court of Appeals recently heard arguments to determine whether Michigan's sexual harassment law violates the First Amendment. The law fails the constitutional test in a number of respects.</p> <p>The plaintiff in Burns v. City of Detroit alleged that her co-workers subjected her to a barrage of insulting and vulgar speech. She introduced a litany of statements that she claimed created a hostile work environment. A jury returned a verdict against the city (read taxpayers) in excess of $1 million.</p>

Woman files sexual harassment suit against conservative contributor By WILLIAM McCALLThe Associated Press5/15/02 9:38 PM PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A woman who worked as a translator for Loren Parks has filed a $6 million federal lawsuit claiming the financial backer of conservative causes pressured her into having sex with him on trips and sent employees sexually explicit e-mails. Maria Guerin spent four years working at Parks Medical Electronics Inc., the suburban Aloha equipment company Parks founded in 1963 based on medical devices he invented. Guerin, 56, filed the lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court in Portland after a complaint...

Milwaukee Mayor John O. Norquist announced this afternoon that he will dissolve his campaign fund and pay the entire $375,000 settlement in Marilyn Figueroa's sexual harassment complaint against the city. If his campaign funds do not cover the entire settlement amount, Norquist said, he will pay the remainder out of his own pocket. In his latest campaign finance report in February, Norquist reported that he had $245,166 in his campaign fund through December 2001. "There will be no cost to the taxpayers," Norquist said at a short news conference Monday afternoon. "I believe this is the right thing to do....

The city has reached a tentative agreement with former mayoral staffer Marilyn Figueroa that will pay her at least $350,000 to settle her allegations of sexual harassment by Mayor John O. Norquist. Norquist-Figueroa Photo/FileMilwaukee Mayor John Norquist, his wife, Susan Mudd, by his side outside their house, admits to a sexual relationship with a former staff member. Photo/File Ex-mayoral staffer Marilyn Figueroa. What's Next The Common Council is to meet at noon Monday in closed session to be briefed by City Attorney Grant Langley. A hearing in the case before a state administrative law judge that was set to begin...