A former waitress at an Austin, Texas, strip club did not establish a hostile work environment claim, because the club fired her manager three days after the waitress reported he had sexually harassed her, a federal district court ruled Feb. 19 (Wyly v. W.F.K.R., Inc., 2014 BL 42405, W.D. Tex., 1:13-cv-00170-SS, 2/19/14).
Judge Sam Sparks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas found that the prompt response to Leahnn Wyly’s complaint by W.F.K.R. Inc., doing business as Sugar’s Uptown Cabaret, fatally doomed Wyly’s claim under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ...
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