HOUSTON, July 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jury selection begins today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in a multi-million-dollar sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and retaliation lawsuit filed by a former female engineer against oilfield services giant Schlumberger Technology Corp., with U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt presiding.
Jessica Cheatham’s legal team includes Michael D. Palmer, Nicole E. Wiitala, Andrew Macurdy, and Carolin Guentert of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, Todd Slobin of Shellist Lazaraz Slobin LLP, and Melinda Arbuckle of Wage and Hour Firm. After jurors are selected, Andrew Macurdy will present the opening statement outlining Ms. Cheatham’s gender bias and retaliation claims.
“Ms. Cheatham is a professional engineer who, we will demonstrate, was subjected to extremely unprofessional treatment by Schlumberger,” said Palmer. “Repeatedly exposed to sexual harassment and other discriminatory and illegal workplace behaviors on oil rigs, she was not only ignored, but retaliated against by the company when she informed supervisors and human resources personnel about the sexual remarks and inappropriate behaviors she endured throughout two years of employment.”
Cheatham joined Schlumberger as a field engineer in September 2017 and planned a career with the company; however, almost immediately, she encountered sexually inappropriate comments and discriminatory treatment from the men with whom she worked. Although Cheatham...
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