Couple of months ago I learned my assistant would be leaving for personal reasons. Although disappointed to lose her, I thought I could get by without an assistant for a bit. Yeah, well, I was wrong about that. Very, very wrong. The last month has been a bit hellish. But hired someone new the other day who I think is going to be great. And I now have some time to get back to blogging...
Saw an interesting blurb in the Chicago Sun Times today about a recent filing against White Hen. A young girl from Winnetka is suing White Hen after she was allegedly raped by an employee. The alleged perpetrator has been charged with criminal sexual assault[and is believed to have fled to Mexico]. The plaintiff will no doubt face motions to dismiss, where White Hen will argue that any sexual misconduct was outside the scope of the employee's duties. There is a long line of cases in Illinois where employers are dismissed out of cases after their employees sexually abuse people that come into their store, or onto the bus etc. The article did indicate that the defendant had apparently approached a number of other young girls in a suggetive manner prior to the attack. The plaintiff will likely argue the previous conduct put White Hen on notice that this guy was creepy and they should have gotten rid of him. Hopefully those facts will allow plaintiff to defeat the inevitable motions and this little girl can get some justice.
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