Court Upholds Jury Verdict in EEOC Suit On Behalf of Female Teenage IHOP Workers

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Jan. 9 upheld a jury verdict in favor of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a case alleging that an International House of Pancakes franchise in Wisconsin and its owner permitted the sexual harassment of two female teenage employees (EEOC v. Mgmt. Hospitality of Racine Inc.).

In November 2009, a jury found Management Hospitality of Racine Inc. (MHR), Salauddin Janmohammed, and Flipmeastack Inc. liable under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for a male assistant manager’s alleged harassment of Katrina Shisler and Michelle Powell, who claimed they ...