We have
represented employee’s in more than 400 California
sexual harassment lawsuits against this state’s largest
employers, defended by the most expensive and prestigious
employment defense lawyers in California.
What have been our results
in recent years?
Our law firm has obtained monetary recovery for
more than 99% of our sexual harassment clients
Our firm has won numerous court of appeal
decisions in favor of our sexual harassment
clients
Firm head, Karl Gerber, has won numerous sexual
harassment arbitrations
Our sexual harassment lawyers have successfully
prepared at least 30 sexual harassment cases for jury
trial, probably more like 50 or more
Our firm has prevailed in at least 75 attempts by
the employer to have the sexual harassment case
thrown out before it reaches the jury through motions
for summary judgment
Our firm has prevailed in at least 100 attempts
by the employer to have the sexual harassment case
thrown out based on what is in the legal
pleadings
Some of Karl Gerber’s Sexual
Harassment Case Settlements:
$672,500 sexual harassment by
restaurant manager and assistant
$675,000 sexual harassment and
retaliation settlement
$465,000 sexual harassment
settlement for two retail employees
Approximate $400,000 sexual
harassment settlement for food service worker
$270,000 for sexual harassment
in a grocery store
$225,000 for sexual harassment
in a furniture store, by store customers
$200,000 for sexual harassment
of a near minimum wage employee
$365,000 for sexual harassment of a
delivery driver
$350,000 for a lesbian a man wanted to
turn straight
$232,000 male on male sexual harassment
binding arbitration win
$225,000 sexual harassment of a waitress
no termination involved
$225,000 two pastry chefs sexually
harassed
Numerous arbitrations of sexual harassment
resulting in arbitration awards of more than
$200,000two of which also included
punitive damage awards
Real
picture taken during the break of a videotaped sexual
harassment deposition
SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAW
Sexual harassment, at work, is
prohibited by the California Fair Employment and Housing
Act (California Government Code Section 12940, Et. Seq.)
and Title VII. These statutes protect against sexual
harassment, sexual discrimination, retaliation, and
termination. California common law protects against sexual
harassment that rises to the level of assault and battery.
California Civil Code Section 1708.5 prohibits sexual
assault and battery. Several California Penal Codes make
assault and battery illegal.
Call 1-877-525-0700 to speak to a lawyer who knows
all of the sexual harassment laws in California.
Sexual harassment includes unwanted, unwelcome
physical, verbal, or visual conduct. Sexual harassment
occurs at work. The perpetrators of sexual harassment
include
bosses, coworkers,
customers, managers, owners of the business,
supervisors, and vendors. Sexual harassment does not have
to be done by a man towards a woman. We have handled many
sexual harassment lawsuits in which women have sexually
harassed men, other women, and men sexually harassed
other men.
Assault, battery, and sexual battery are acts of
physical sexual harassment. Lewd comments about people’s
bodies or requests for dates or sex are examples of
verbal sexual harassment. Because sexual harassment is
often done in an attempt to improperly use power it is
not necessary that the acts of sexual harassment be done
with the intention of obtaining sex from the victim.
Leering at somebody’s body parts can also constitute
sexual harassment.
WHAT DO LAWYERS FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
DO?
Besides figuring out how to win
the sexual harassment case and obtain monetary recovery for
the victim of sexual harassment, a good attorney for sexual
harassment has a moral conscious and sense of social
responsibility towards the victim of sexual harassment
being represented. Morally, the sexual harassment lawyer
must standup for what is wrong. This includes vigorously
prosecuting the workplace harassment case. It also includes
trying to understand why the client is suing for sexual
harassment, and handling the emotionally charged legal
proceeding with tact while respecting the victim’s
feelings.
Our California sexual harassment
lawyers are experienced in finding witnesses to sexual
harassment the victim is unaware of. We also work hard to
prove sexual harassment based upon lapses in the harasser’s
credibility, irregularities in their story and the sort of
things used to prove crimes. Once we file a lawsuit for
sexual harassment we are able to engage in what is called,
“Discovery.” This includes asking the employer for
documents. It also includes asking the employer written
questions, and taking depositions. Depositions occur in our
office when we depose the company’s witnesses. The sexual
harassment victim’s deposition is usually taken at the
office of the employment defense lawyer where one of our
sexual harassment attorneys
Make the Right
Choice.
Hire a Sexual Harassment Lawyer, EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS GROUP
Representing Victims of Sexual Harassment Since 1993
No Up Front Fees or Costs to Sexual Harassment
Victims
Call 1-877-525-0700
for a Confidential Conversation
Two of our sexual
harassment lawyers
have over 54 years of combined Experience Representing
Employees