Case: Discrimination/Sex Discrimination (E.D. Mo.)

April 29, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC

A Missouri federal district court denied Miller’s Grill’s motion to dismiss sex discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act brought by the EEOC on behalf of a female server/manager who alleged sexual harassment, discriminatory treatment, and retaliation, finding that exhaustion of administrative remedies is an affirmative defense that must be proven, which Miller’s Grill failed to do, and the complaint provided sufficient factual allegations to give fair notice of the claims.

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