Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (September 30, 2016)
Our client filed a charge and complaint of discrimination based on sexual harassment, sex discrimination, retaliation, assault and battery against her former employer. Our client claimed that over the course of approximately 5 months, her employer made numerous inappropriate sexual comments and sexual advances towards her. Some of the claims included our client’s employer commenting on her appearance, touching her thigh, breast, and buttocks, grabbing her by the hips and pushing her head towards his lap, pulling her onto his lap and asking her to touch his erect penis, and offering to purchase her a car in exchange for sex. Our client rebuffed every instance of inappropriate sexual conduct and consequently was terminated.
After the complaint was filed, Defendants filed a Motion for Summary Judgement. This Motion was denied by the Honorable Judge and the case went to a jury trial. The jury found in favor of our client on all counts and awarded her $1,800 in lost wages, $15,000 in compensatory damages, and $135,000 in punitive damages.