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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Ind. Courts - "Chief Floyd County probation officer cited in sexual harassment lawsuit"
Daniel Suddeath reports in the New Albany News & Tribune in a long story that begins:
Chief Floyd County probation officer Gary W. Collins habitually made sexually suggestive comments to three women co-workers while on the clock, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Southern District of Indiana U.S. District Court.Collins whistled at the women, made comments about their physical appearances and sent provocative e-mails to at least one of the complainants, according to the lawsuit. * * *
Floyd County was also named as a defendant in the case along with Collins. It’s not the first time Collins has been cited in a lawsuit, as he settled a federal case in 2002 filed by a former Floyd County court employee who accused him of threatening to rape her.
The three plaintiffs in the current case — Alicia Burden, Melissa Jackson and Jacqueline Brannon — worked as secretaries or administrative assistants in the Floyd adult probation office at some point over the past two years.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 12, 2009 11:32 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts