Clifford v. American Drug Stores8/22/2005
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Clifford told Stange that she could not get involved because she was a manager, that she had been with the company for over 10 years, had career goals, and knew this would be detrimental to her career. Clifford told her that she had worked so hard to have a career, sacrificed part of her family life to get promoted, and knew that she would lose all that if she became involved.
Nevertheless, about a week later, Clifford talked to Hank Casillas, her market manager and immediate supervisor, about the claims. Casillas said that he knew about the claims, but did not believe them, and thought that they were making them up because of schedule changes Doose had made. When Clifford tried to defend the women, Casillas said, " f you tell this to anyone, I would deny it and you better not burn me."
In September 1997, Doose told Gene Mlenar about the complaints lodged against him by Stange, Ryan, and Carranza, and Mlenar said to him, "Forget that crap." When Mlenar and Terry Sullivan, the divisional loss prevention manager, went to Doose's store to talk to him about the allegations, Doose denied them, and Mlenar told him that he supported him 100 percent. While the company attorney interviewed employees about the sexual harassment allegations, Doose and Mlenar held a meeting in Mlenar's nearby office, in order to send a message that management supported Doose and was very concerned for him.
Stange contacted Clifford again in early 1998, told her that the retaliation continued, and again asked her for her help. Clifford gave her the same response. Around the same time, Clifford was at the newly opened Monrovia store, assisting in setting it up. She was in the enclosed pharmacy area of the store, when Doose came up behind her, put his hand under the back of the chair, and started massaging her back. She pulled away from him, told him to leave her alone, and hit him on the head with a stack of papers.
Doose told her that he knew the Stange claimants had tried to contact her, and to remember that she was a manager and did not know anything. When Clifford started crying, Doose smirked and walked away. After a few minutes, she excused herself and went home. Doose continued to approach her at meetings, brush his hand over her hair and sometimes touch her shoulders.
In June 1998, Clifford received a telephone call from Brad Adams, Sav-On's human resources manager, who summoned her to an interview at a law office on June 8, 1998, because she had been subpoenaed to a deposition by the attorney for Stange, Ryan, and Carranza. When she told him she did not want to go to the interview, he replied that the company was sending her there and she did not have a choice.
On June 3, 1998, Clifford telephoned Casillas, told him about her upcoming meeting with Adams, and asked him to intercede so she would not have to go. The next day, on Clifford's scheduled day off, Cas
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