A female employee’s claims of a hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act against Liberty Hyundai, Inc. may proceed to trial, a federal district court ruled. The court held that a jury could find that her male coworker’s demand for sexual favors, humiliating comments about her body and groping her leg up to her private area in front of a customer was sexual harassment severe and pervasive enough to create a hostile work environment. The court concluded there were issues of fact regarding whether the auto dealership had notice ...

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