Workplace Injuries

• Judge Retires after New Sexual Harassment Complaint

  Susy Owen | June 23, 2007 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Judge W. Fred. Axley, 70 was originally elected in 1982 as a Criminal Court judge in Shelby County, Florida. Of late, he was permanently barred from a Florida resort due to a sexual harassment complaint made by one of the resort's female employees. Since that time, he has announced his retirement, while stating that the sexual harassment complaint had nothing to do with his decision to retire....

• Judge Involved in Sexually Harassment Scandal

  Susy Owen | May 03, 2007 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Liz Overstreet filed a wrongful termination complaint to the Texas Work Force Commission in February of this year. Additionally, she filed a complaint with the Texas Judicial Commission. Overstreet claims that she was sexually harassed by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Court Bailiff Leroy Morrison. More specifically, her claim centers around inappropriate hugging by Morrison. Overstreet further...

• Former Justice Minister Guilty of Sexual Misconduct

  Susy Owen | February 02, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  On Wednesday, the former Israeli justice minister Haim Ramon, was found guilty of sexual misconduct against a young female solder. Ramon was accused of forcibly kissing a 20-year-old soldier. 1. The kiss (sexual misconduct, depending on who you ask) took place after what Ramon considered to be a flirtatious conversation between the two. The judge in the case admonished Ramon for distorting the...

• Sexual Harassment Santa Fe

  Susy Owen | December 20, 2006 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Two Santa Fe County's juvenile jail workers contend that they were terminated after complaining to a supervisor about having been sexually harassed while working. The county's legal department investigated and as a result one employee resigned while another worker was fired. An additional complaint that was made to the supervisor was that the employees who had been sexually harassing them were...

• Burlingame Restaurant Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | December 10, 2006 10:43 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Owners of a now defunct Burlingame restaurant must compensate their former female employees a total of $230,000 for sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.First Watch Restaurant, part of a corporation that has moved it's only California location out of state, has been ordered to pay the money as part of a settlement. Additionally, the corporation must also...