Jury awards $425,000 in Penfield Subway sexual harassment case

[TexasTowelie]

Justice prevailed in a federal courtroom in Rochester recently when a jury awarded $425,000 to a woman who was fired from her job managing a Subway restaurant in Penfield after complaining about relentless sexual harassment by her supervisor.

“I cried,” the plaintiff, Sherielee Figueroa, said of hearing the verdict. “I cried so hard and not because I wanted the money. It was more like I found justice. It made me feel complete.”

The award was bolstered by punitive damages of $275,000, an amount that, in this case, exceeds the federal statutory cap for such damages and that her lawyer said sends a message in the #MeToo era.

“Employers should know that when you do this to someone, it sends shockwaves of damage all over, and I think the jury understood that,” said her lawyer, Anthony LaDuca.

Read more: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/columnists/andreatta/2018/07/20/jury-awards-woman-425-000-penfield-subway-sexual-harassment-case/806153002/

[pangaia]

1. I live near Rochester.

Just as an aside---- look at the other articles in that on line version of the DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE.

It is a first tier shit newspaper.

[TexasTowelie]

2. It's like most Gannett publications.

The better ones have a politics section, but those in the small and medium sized cities don't have political coverage.

BTW, the neighbor down the hallway is driving up to the Rochester area this week to visit his brother. I would say look for them out on the town, but they are elderly and don't like to spend money.

[pangaia]

3. The D&C has a politics section, if you can call it that.. LOL

I no longer rread newsapapers, for like.. 15 - 20 years..