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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Case: Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment (S.D. Fla.) - Bloomberg Law

A federal district court in Florida denied the Florida Department of Corrections’ motion to dismiss a female corrections officer’s hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Florida Civil Rights Act. She alleged that a male coworker subjected her to unwanted sexual advances, picked her up, attempted to grope and kiss her, forcefully attempted to kiss her in a break room and sexually assaulted her over the course of more than six months. The court found that her coworker’s conduct was objectively severe and pervasive enough to provoke fear in her and interfere with ...

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