May 29, 2024
A former Ford employee can't get a new trial on claims that a co-worker's lewd comments and overtures led to a hostile work environment, a Michigan federal judge has ruled, finding there is sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict in the automaker's favor.
November 06, 2023
Ford Motor Co. told a Michigan federal judge on Monday that ordering a new trial over a former worker's hostile environment claims is "contrary to law," saying a court cannot "usurp" the jury's role and make its own decisions on the issues that were properly considered by the jury.
October 25, 2023
A former Ford employee urged a Michigan federal judge Wednesday to give her a new trial on claims that a co-worker's lewd comments and overtures led to a hostile work environment, saying the weight of the evidence suggests the jury was wrong to side with the auto company.
September 26, 2023
A jury sided with Ford Motor Co. in a Black former employee's suit alleging she was racially and sexually harassed on the job by a male colleague who groped and racially fetishized her, prompting a Michigan federal judge to close the suit Tuesday.
August 23, 2023
A former Ford Motor Co. employee suing the company for racial and sexual harassment can testify that her colleague said he wanted to add her "to his collection" of women, as a Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that the information is relevant.
March 09, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday renewed a former Ford employee's claims that a co-worker harassed her because of her race, after the Sixth Circuit ordered the district court to reconsider whether Ford was aware of the alleged harassment and should have stepped in.