7th Circuit Reverses Certification Of Harassed Female Jail, Court Workers

Mealey's (March 11, 2021, 7:48 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois abused its discretion when it certified a class of approximately 2,000 female jail and courthouse employees who have allegedly been harassed by male inmates as an overboard concept of harassment was used and the class members work in “materially different working environments,” a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 4, reversing the order certifying the class....