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Can “Assistant Managers” Render A Restaurant Strictly Liable For Sexual Harassment?: PART II

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Thu, 14/06/2012 - 16:51

In a recent trial in which this firm represented the restaurant and its owners against a claim that an alleged “assistant manager” so severely sexually harassed a waitress that the employee was criminally convicted of indecent sexual assault, it was left to a jury to decide the question of fact as to whether the alleged “assistant manager” performed such tasks Continue Reading...

Can “Assistant Managers” Render A Restaurant Strictly Liable For Sexual Harassment?: PART I

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Thu, 14/06/2012 - 15:38

Restaurants, like other businesses, are generally operated through a corporation or limited liability company, which owns all the assets of the business, including the restaurant’s liquor license. The shareholders or members of the corporate entity sometimes participate on the management of the restaurant’s business, but often times such management is delegated to an employee manager. It is the well-established law Continue Reading...