Appellate Court Affirms Sexual Harassment Ruling Against AD

Sep 1, 2004

A Louisiana Appeals Court has affirmed a ruling that Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) discriminated against one of its coaches on the basis of her gender and that the university retaliated against her when she filed a complaint.   The court also increased the award for damages, which the trial judge gad revised to $65,000, to $200,000.   The plaintiff in the case was Jean Brooks, who was hired by SUNO in August of 1992 to be both an instructor in the Health and Physical Educat
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