Sam’s Club May Have Fired Woman for Reporting Sexual Harassment

A former Sam’s East Inc. employee in Georgia may be able to prove she was terminated due to racial bias and because she reported that co-workers were sexually harassing her, a federal judge ruled.

Haley Harris can take her sexual harassment-based retaliatory termination claim to trial because a jury could reject the company’s explanation for firing her, the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia said Monday.

According to the company, Harris was discharged because the investigation of her harassment complaint showed that Harris sexually harassed another employee and she already had an active disciplinary charge against her ...