A federal appellate court recently reinstated a lawsuit brought by a dining services employee who claimed that she was sexually harassed by a male coworker. According to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, a reasonable jury could find that the alleged assault was “sufficiently severe by itself that it created a hostile work environment.” The Sixth Circuit, however, upheld the lower court’s decision to dismiss claims brought by two other female workers who alleged that the same male coworker had made sexually offensive and inappropriate comments. Ault v. Oberlin College, No. 14-3967, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (July 24, 2015)....
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