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Verdicts

Oct. 14, 2006

Jury Awards Starbucks' Staffer $250,000 in Harassment Case

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego County Superior Court jury has awarded $250,000 in punitive damages to a Starbucks employee who said he was sexually harassed on the job by a senior worker.

By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN DIEGO - A San Diego County Superior Court jury has awarded $250,000 in punitive damages to a Starbucks employee who said he was sexually harassed on the job by a senior worker.
      Sean Robb, who was employed for three months at a Starbucks coffee shop in north San Diego, said assistant manager Michael Sewell harassed him because ...

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