Title VII Sexual Harassment Case Survives Summary Judgment; Alleged Conduct Entailed Touching of Buttocks; Court Declines to Adopt a “One Free Grope” Rule
In Burnett v. Ashley Furniture Indus., No. 3:24-CV293-MPM-JMV, 2026 WL 1534469 (N.D. Miss. June 1, 2026), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Here, the alleged harassment in this case involved an incident in which the person responsible for…
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