Recent Posts in sexual harassment Category
Posted on Jan 12, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
(Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, has offered $74 million to settle 150 claims of sexual abuse by priests, an increased offer it said would be the largest settlement per ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A Delaware County woman who claims she was groped by Donald Duck at a Disney theme park may proceed with her case in federal court, a U.S. district judge has ruled. April Magolon, 27, was vacationing ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Residents of the De Anza Cove mobile-home park have reached a $3.6 million settlement with the city of San Diego for the poor treatment they received from a property management company hired by the ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A California man sued the Louisville-based Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Monday, saying the church failed to protect him and other children from an alleged sexual predator who assaulted him in 1988 in ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Legal and public relations problems expanded Monday for Las Vegas nightclub and restaurant executive Michael Morton and his N9NE Group when they were hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit by a fired ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Single mother alleges that a sheriff's deputy touched her chest during a 2008 traffic stop, then followed her home and assaulted her in the driveway. The deputy faces a criminal trial in the ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A woman has sued the Archdiocese of Chicago, alleging that a priest initiated a sexual relationship with her in 2008 when he was supposed to be acting as her grief counselor. The married woman, whose ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A Pasadena judge Monday awarded $5.4 million to a girl who was sexually abused by a children's artist who also took pornographic photographs of her, the girl's attorney said. The artist, whose legal ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has been slapped with another lawsuit involving allegations against a priest. That priest has been dead for 10 years. Guadalupe Gonzales, who now lives in Humble, ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A Platte County worker has filed a civil lawsuit accusing the county auditor of sexual harassment and creating a sexually hostile and retaliatory work environment. Leanna K. Fannon, 44, has worked in ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
What happens in Dakar doesn't necessarily stay in Dakar. That is what a Delta Air Lines pilot and a flight attendant know if they've seen the lawsuit filed against them and the Atlanta-based airline. ...
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