Second sexual harassment suit filed against Aaron’s
A second $675 million sexual harassment suit was filed against the Atlanta rent-to-own retailer Aaron’s this week.
The suits, filed Monday, accuse Aaron’s of negligent supervision and retention, among other claims. Both suits claim that female employees were sexually harassed at a Bainbridge, Ga. store where they worked. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.
In a statement, Aaron’s said it “has a strong policy against harassment in the workplace” and takes “all allegations of unprofessional conduct seriously,” but would not comment on pending litigation.
The suits — one filed in the State Court of Fulton County, the other in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia —were filed by David Ratner at the New York law firm Morelli Ratner, an attorney who last summer netted a $95 million sexual harassment verdict against Aaron’s.
The previous suit, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, was reduced to $39.8 million because of caps on such judgments. Aaron’s eventually settled it for $6 million.
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Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.
