Ski Resort Must Face Teen Workers’ Sex Harassment, Reprisal Suit

A Camelback Resort hostess in her teens and her younger busboy brother can pursue claims that she was sexually harassed and they were both fired because she repeatedly complained, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled.

CMBK Resort Operations LLC failed to convince the court that the allegations of abuse involving a male co-worker weren’t severe or pervasive enough to violate federal and state law. Judges are reluctant to dismiss hostile work environment claims during the early stages of a case, because whether harassment is sufficiently severe or pervasive under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act isn’t readily reducible to ...