{"id":1063,"date":"2011-06-13T18:12:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T23:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:35:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:35:57","slug":"illinois-jury-returns-95-million-verdict-for-workers-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-jury-returns-95-million-verdict-for-workers-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Jury Returns $95 Million Verdict for Workers&#8217; Rights Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A jury in a Southern Illinois federal district court entered a $95 million jury verdict in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against a retail store and one of its managers by a female employee. <em>Ashley Alford v. Aaron&#8217;s Rents, Inc., Richard Moore, et al.<\/em>, 08 cv 00683, included widespread claims of sexual harassment by the store manager and allegations of inaction on behalf of the company itself.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty year-old Ashley Alford worked at Aaron&#8217;s, Inc., a nationwide chain that offers rent-to-own appliances and furniture. Alford&#8217;s lawsuit claimed that in November 2005 her store manager began calling her degrading pet names, accompanied by inappropriate touching, groping, and pinching. In addition, the store manager, Richard Moore, began giving her gifts, which were accompanied by him stating that he expected some form of sexual acts in return.<\/p>\n<p>After six months of this behavior, Ashley took action by calling the company&#8217;s sexual harassment hotline. However, while this did result in the regional supervisor coming to her local store, he failed to take any action against the supervisor. And even worse, the regional supervisor discussed Ashley&#8217;s sexual harassment allegations in front of the very supervisor she had filed a complaint against.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-jury-returns-95-million-verdict-for-workers-rights-violations\/#more-1063\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A jury in a Southern Illinois federal district court entered a $95 million jury verdict in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against a retail store and one of its managers by a female employee. Ashley Alford v. 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