Case: Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment (S.D. Fla.)

A former exotic dancer for Tootsies Cabaret Miami can proceed with her Title VII of the Civil Rights Act hostile work environment claim, a federal court ruled, where she was twice assaulted by customers on the premises, despite an employee’s knowledge of a prior assault on her five days earlier, there is a genuine issue concerning the effectiveness of the cabaret’s sexual harassment policy, and a reasonable person would find the conduct she endured hostile or abusive.