Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. New Breed Logistics
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Cole, Keith, Batchelder
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- jury verdict
- State
- Tennessee
- Circuit
- Sixth Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
The EEOC prevailed in its Title VII sexual harassment and retaliation action against New Breed Logistics. A jury found New Breed liable for supervisor James Calhoun's sexual harassment of three female employees and retaliation against those women and a male employee who objected, awarding over $1.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The appellate court affirmed the judgment.
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