Two Teenage Girls Bring Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Company and Its Recruiters, Part 1 of 3

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: The two plaintiffs suffered from emotional distress and shame at having been coerced into believing that they needed to have sex with the recruiters in order to gain entrance into the ABC Company. Counsel further argued that Dallas lost her virginity to Damon while she was intoxicated at the recruiting office and that Damon had infected her with Chlamydia. According to counsel, when Dallas told Damon that he had given her the disease, Damon responded by exclaiming, “I should have used a condom with your dirty ass.”
Facts:

In the fall of 2003, plaintiff Jane Dallas, a Sacramento high school student, was contacted by an ABC Company recruiter, Phil Damon, about the potential for her to embark on a career in the ABC Company. By the end of January 2004, the two would have sex on three occasions. On the last occasion, Dallas was accompanied by her friend, Martha Rice, who claimed that she had sex with Damon’s fellow recruiter, Ben Fallows at the Sacramento recruiting office.

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

Claiming that they had been coerced into having sex with Damon and Fallows, the two plaintiffs sued the Commandant of the ABC Company, Matt Hett; Secretary, David Weston; Ben Fallows; and Phil Damon for negligent hiring, negligent training and lack of supervision. Plaintiff’s counsel brought the action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, asserting that the practices were pervasive and systematic.

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