Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in Wisconsin

Harassment

I am a supervisor at a major grocery store. Two weeks ago one of my manager's sent me one red rose to "cheer me up". I was to get two roses and only reciieved one. He became very angery with our floral departmet and wrote people up. He then gave me the second rose personally. There was a card attached that said "the beauty of a rose is a s beautiful as its beholder". I was completely discusted, but was just going to let it go. Then two days later he gave me a typed letter containing his true feelings for me and how much he cares. He asked me to go to lunch or dinner with him and he wants to get to know my daughter. The next morning I went to the store director and subsequently the manager got transfered and we haven't worked together since.

My question is do I have ground to sue the company andor the manager himself? Would it be worth the effort?


Asked on 10/08/99, 12:36 pm

4 Answers from Attorneys

Re: Harassment

I wonder if he hadn't missed some pretty obvious clues

that you weren't interested.

On another hand, I wonder if there were any such responses from you.

You appear from the short tale you told to be a gold-digger of sorts.

I hope the transfer wasn't just due to your report of harassment unless it

was deserved and he truly was harassing you.

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Answered on 10/10/99, 11:43 pm
John Hayes The John Hayes Law Offices

Re: Harassment

You really have no basis for a lawsuit. The man acted inapproriately, you reported it and the company promptly resolved the issue. A case that would be worth taking to court would be were you were continually harassed by this man and after reporting the matter nothing was done. Good luck to you.

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Answered on 10/08/99, 6:13 pm
Barbara C. Johnson Law Office of Barbara C. Johnson

Re: Harassment

For eons, war, famine, pestilence controlled the population of mankind.

Now that women like you don't want men even to

make a decent, lovely, VERY appropriate overture

to merely COURT a woman, the population of

mankind will diminish

for the lack of eventual procreation.

Wake up woman. Don't be stupid any longer. Flirtation is an art. Few American

men or women know it. You just through one who did away.

And you stained his livelihood as well! Terrible, terrible.

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Answered on 10/08/99, 9:08 pm
Harold M. Weiner Coles & Weiner, P.C.

Re: Harassment

You ever heard the expression, " three strikes and you are out?" It goes for more than the playoffs.

Let me be the third, after the earlier postings of the other two attorneys from California and Massachussets to wish you Godspeed and goodbye. You would have no case in New York, either, for the same reasons as Mr. Lyons mentioned...the company DID something about it; are you now satisfied? Do you know that you have probably ruined the guy's career path, when all he did was be nice to you?

If you do not know the difference between nice and

harassment then you need a therapist, not a lawyer.

And I am a Plaintiff's man, pure and simple. I detest real harassers. You haven't met one yet, lady....try looking in the mirror.

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Answered on 10/08/99, 10:50 pm


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