Sacramento Sexual Harassment Lawyer Blog

The following blog entry is written to illustrate an example of a sexual harassment case. Reviewing this kind of lawsuit should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this sexual harassment case and its proceedings.)

Darroll sued Hirsch and his personal assistant, Wendy Linares. She brought causes of action for sexual harassment, wrongful termination, stalking, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Hirsch; and causes of action for stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress and conspiracy against Linares.

Darroll contended that after breaking up with Hirsch, he attempted several times to reconcile and took retaliatory actions when Darroll refused. She claimed that Hirsch wrongfully terminated her from her job at the salon, and that his ongoing campaign that ensued served as sexual harassment, stalking, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She claimed Hirsch continued to send letters about getting back together, which coincided with the incidents and acts taken against her.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

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The following blog entry is written to illustrate an example of a sexual harassment case. Reviewing this kind of lawsuit should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this sexual harassment case and its proceedings.)

INJURIES: Darroll asked the jury for $135,850.36 in special damages for lost wages, property damage and therapy costs for her emotional distress. She also sought $3 million for her pain and suffering, as well as $2.5 million in punitive damages.

Facts:
In 2002, plaintiff Kerry Darroll, 25, began a romantic relationship with Ben Hirsch, owner of XYZ Records. Hirsch signed Darroll to be a recording artist, and she appeared on the soundtrack for the film “Whoohoo.” In 2004, Darroll began to pursue a career as a hair stylist, and the following year, she began working at a salon in Folsom. In November 2006, Darroll's relationship with Hirsch ended, and she moved out of his home in Sacramento.

Darroll claimed that between November and December 2006, Hirsch began a campaign of harassment, defamation and vandalism against her. She alleged that in an attempt to bring back their relationship, Hirsch purchased the salon where she had been working for more than a year. She claimed that when she agreed to work for Hirsch but refused to return to the relationship, Hirsch fired her on Dec. 18. The following day, Darroll then went to Hirsch's office when he wasn't there and destroyed a television set and some end tables with a baseball bat.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

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The following blog entry is written to illustrate an example of a sexual harassment case. Reviewing this kind of lawsuit should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this sexual harassment case and its proceedings.)
Both Patricia Jennings and Mollusk contended that the defendants defamed them at several meetings after they were terminated, making false accusations about them stealing from the school while still under its employ.

The defendants denied all of the plaintiffs' accusations. They claimed that Mollusk was fired for mismanaging the school, and that Jennings was fired for an incident in which she refused to allow a member of the Board of Directors to enter the school grounds. They claimed that Jennings told him to get the hell out of the school and pretended that she was afraid of him.

The defendants filed cross-complaints against the plaintiffs for conversion and negligence, which, on motions by the plaintiffs, were dismissed by the judge after the defense's case in chief.

Mollusk sought damages for past and future lost earnings, as well as pain and suffering.
Harry Jennings sought damages for a loss of consortium.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

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The following blog entry is written to illustrate an example of a sexual harassment case. Reviewing this kind of lawsuit should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.

(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this sexual harassment case and its proceedings.)

In summation, plaintiffs' counsel maintained that the two plaintiffs were entitled to the same protection from sexual harassment as they would receive in any other employment context.

ABC Company denied that it negligently hired, trained or supervised its recruiters. Counsel for the defense argued that the two minors were motivated by their interest in having sex with military men and they weren't raped because the sex was consensual. Counsel referenced Dallas and Rice's videotaped statements to the Mendocino DA and the Sacramento Police Department that identified the sex as consensual to exemplify the assertions. Counsel also noted that the DA elected not to press charges based on that evidence.

Counsel further maintained that the two recruiters didn't require any additional supervision during the sleepover event because they were properly trained ABC Company and their commanding officer would have had no reason to believe that they would have behaved improperly during the event.

Regarding the allegations that Damon had used his position as a recruiter to coerce a student into having sex with him on a previous occasion, counsel asserted that the ABC Company investigated the allegations and found that they weren't credible. Counsel further contended that neither Damon nor anyone else used the No Child Left Behind database to locate Dallas. In fact, counsel argued that Dallas had already contacted another recruiter in Sacramento prior to moving to Folsom. Counsel asserted that Dallas then contacted the Placerville recruiting office which referred her to Damon's Sacramento office. Dallas then asked the Placerville recruiter to have Damon call her.

Counsel also argued that neither of the plaintiffs ended up joining the ABC Company despite their aspirations to do so. Thus counsel asserted a claim for injunctive relief that the two plaintiffs would recruit again if they felt assured that a similar occurrence would be properly prevented from happening in the future if they elected to join the ABC Company.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

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