“A lawsuit filed last week by five patients and the niece of one of the patients includes claims that Dick kissed and hugged them without consent, rubbed his genitals against their legs and groped their breasts. The alleged conduct took place from September 2016 to December 2017. According to the complaint, one used a phone to videotape the inappropriate contact.” The above paragraph is from an article published June 3 on the Decatur Daily website. The full story can be found here. Michael … [Read more...]
Mastando & Artrip, LLC and NWLC File Eleventh Circuit Brief in Case Against AL Middle School for Subjecting 8th-grade Girl to Sexual Harassment and Assault by Male Student
Student’s rape was direct result of school policy that punished sexual harassment only if the harasser was “caught in the act” Mastando & Artrip, LLC and The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit against the Madison County School Board and school officials for their highly unreasonable response to student-on-student sexual harassment. The case stems from a policy at Sparkman Middle School of only punishing … [Read more...]
Protecting Our Girls In Public Schools
Sexual harassment is a very real problem in our workplace and in our schools. I know that my 20-year career as an employment law attorney representing victims of sexual harassment was born in high school where a popular athlete repeatedly propositioned me in an insulting sexual manner and touched me inappropriately when I wasn't paying attention. He was violent - purposely running into me in the hall and slamming me into the wall. He was large, I was and am very small. My locker was below … [Read more...]
