A former head baseball coach at L.A. City College will have his Los Angeles sexual harassment lawsuit decided by a jury, the Daily Breeze reports.
Our Orange County employment attorneys see an increasing number of men being harmed by sexual harassment in the workplace. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports the percentage of sexual harassment cases involving men has increased in recent years, from 11.6 percent in 1997 to 16.4 percent last year.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a motion to dismiss the case at conclusion of trial. Young filed the case in 2008, naming the district, the college's athletic director, and the head basketball and assistant baseball coaches.
The plaintiff was hired in June 2006 and fired twice, including the final time in October 2007. He claims he was not provided with assistant coaches and was treated differently because he was black. He also contends that he was sexually harassed by a male superior.
The plaintiff claims he was given assistant coaches for the 2007 season but that they rarely appeared at games or practices despite being paid.
The university claims he was fired for not following proper procedures for a check request and for installing batting cages without the approval of the administration.
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