Ex-Utah College Official Files Sex Harassment Suit

November 8, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

A former associate dean at a for-profit college’s Ogden, Utah campus has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, claiming repeated, unwelcome sexual advances occurred on a business trip in Las Vegas.

Lee Berger, in her complaint filed in federal court last week, claims her immediate supervisor kissed and touched her inappropriately in December 2010 while she and other colleagues were in Las Vegas.

Named as defendants are her former employer, Stevens-Henager College, and former supervisor, Mario Merida.

Berger says the fact that Merida, the school’s dean of allied health sciences, is married with children made her feel safe, and she was demoted after reporting the incident.

College CEO Eric Juhlin says the school is “committed to upholding the highest legal and ethical standards for its employees” and others but declined further comment.

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Xchanging Launches ‘X-presso’ – Mobile App for Claims Files

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London-based Xchanging, the business process, procurement and technology services provider and integrator, announced the launch of its mobile application for the insurance market. Called X-presso, the new app

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Wife Files Lawsuit In Hawaii Police Restraint Death

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A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the case of a Hawaii man who died while being restrained by police.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Michele Y.M.H. Torres, the wife of 37-year-old Aaron Torres, is suing the city of Honolulu and the three police officers who restrained her husband at their home on Feb. 20, 2012 after he called 911.

Torres died while handcuffed, shackled and held face-down.

The medical examiner has determined that Torres suffocated and has ruled the death a homicide.

The autopsy also said Torres had cocaine in his blood, and that a contributing cause and significant condition in the death was his history of chronic cocaine abuse.

The city prosecutor declined to pursue criminal charges against the officers.

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ACLU of Pennsylvania Files Brief in Support of City of Philadelphia in Boy Scouts Lawsuit

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Friend-of-the-Court Brief Argues Government Is Not Obligated to Fund Discrimination by Private Organizations

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Male Cook Files Bias Lawsuit Against Idaho School District

November 28, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

A former cook in the Nampa School District in Idaho filed a federal discrimination lawsuit, claiming he suffered bias in the kitchen at the hands of a female boss and female colleagues.

In U.S. District Court documents filed Wednesday, Todd Young says he was wrongfully fired in May.

Young says sexual harassment from female colleagues escalated after he complained in 2011 the district was improperly disposing of Styrofoam trays, when it should have been recycling.

He says his boss told him “maybe I’m having staff problems because you’re a man.”

The four-year Nampa employee also complains he was routinely excluded from new menu sampling and creation, with only kitchens with female supervisors being allowed to participate.

Young wants a jury trial where he’s seeking lost wages, damages and legal fees.

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