On January 30, 2004, the plaintiff, a female carpenter with the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works, filed a lawsuit under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 1981e in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works (the "City"). The plaintiff asked the court for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendant discriminated on the basis of gender by subjecting the plaintiff to repeated instances of sexual harassment.

The complaint alleges that the City discriminated on the basis of gender by: (1) making sexual harassing statements; (2) exposing themselves on the job; (3) grabbing, fondling, and hugging other men as if to imitate what they would do to plaintiff; and (4) failing to protect plaintiff from intentional sexual behavior.

On February 24, 2004, the United States filed an intervenor complaint alleging the defendant: (1) failed or refused to take appropriate action to remedy the effects of the discrimination against the plaintiff and (2) by way of the plaintiff's supervisor, exposed his genitals, displayed pornography in the workplace, simulated sexual acts.

On December 3, 2004, a consent decree was entered by the District Court (Judge Paul W. Grimm) that stated: (1) the defendant shall offer the individual plaintiff a monetary award; (2) the City shall not subject the plaintiff to discrimination because of her sex, or retaliate against her; (3) the defendant is enjoined from subjecting any employee to sexual harassment; and (4) the defendant shall provide mandatory training regarding sexual harassment for all employees.

This case is closed.

Erin Forman - 11/04/2007


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