Bold Test of Employer Liability

If the facts of the accuser can be believed, what went on at Pleasant Grove, Utah-based Lone Peak Controls is a bit strange and unusual. The electrical contracting company finds itself on the receiving end of a sexual-harassment complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Utah, alleging that the company’s owner created a hostile work environment for a former administrative assistant, 44-year-old Trudy Nycole Anderson. Some of the more eye-catching elements of the 12-page complaint allege that company owner Derek Wright set a...