Two of three women who sued the city of Kingston for sexual harassment have won their cases, according to the Daily Freeman, which has been following the federal trial all week:
The jury today ruled the city and former Public Works Superintendent Steve Gorsline are culpable for the sexual harassment of Jeanne Edwards and Sandra Soria ... The jury awarded Edwards $55,000 and Soria $25,000, and Judge Lawrence Kahn ruled Edwards must be reinstated as a code enforcement officer in the Department of Public Works. Edwards was let go after the suit was filed, but Mayor James Sottile has said the move was not retaliatory.
In addition to the punitive awards for Edwards and Soria, the Freeman is reporting that the city must cover over $100,000 of their legal fees.
But the jury stopped short of believing the accusations of a third woman, Carole Huppert, who testified through tears last week that her boss, the former Department of Public Works Superintendent Steve Gorslin, left a certificate on her desk that called her "Bitch of the Year." Huppert was not sexually harassed, the jury found.
