Supermarket Chain Ordered to Pay $18 Million Personal Injury Damages to Clerk for Sexual Harassment
A Simi Valley California personal injury court ruled Vons Supermarket must pay James Stevens $16.73 million in punitive damages and $1.672 million for emotional distress and economic loss for the sexual harassment inflicted on him by a female supervisor. In his personal injury case testimony, Stevens alleged Laura Marko harassed him from 2001 to 2002 and was himself transferred when he complained of the harassment. Von's fired Stevens shortly after he filed the complaint and Marko never received any discipline or counseling for her actions.