| Michele Lanhan Cited Bawdy
Lumenis Talk Now SDNY Judge Hellerstein Floats
$200k
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 24 – Michele Lanham went
to work at Lumenis, Inc. in
2011 and "discovered that
Lumenis fosters a working
environment wherein male
employees and managers believe
that it is appropriate to send
pictures of their penis and
make comments about their
sexual desires to females in
the workplace."
She sued Lumenis and Steven
Gerhart, Todd Rosa, Greg Mack
and Trenton Williams in New
York State court, but they
removed it to Federal Court.
On April 24 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Alvin K. Hellerstein in a
public telephone conference
covered by Inner City Press
suggested that the case settle
for
$200,000.
There was a "no!"
protest over the phone line.
Ms. Lanham was on the line.
Judge
Hellerstein apologized for how
he had spoken, but said it was
necessary. The docket reflects
that he denied Lumenis'
attempt to subpoena two of
Lanham's previous employers,
as "too remote in time, of
marginal relevance and a
digression to the speedy
completion of pre-trial
proceedings."
But amid
the COVID-19 pandemic, when
will trials begin again? Judge
Hellerstein set the next day
on September 25. The case is
Lanhan v. Lumenis, Inc.,
19-cv-24 (Hellerstein).
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