Kathryn Brennan, a Victim of Sexual Harassment and...

KATHRYN BRENNAN, Plaintiff, -against- BALLY TOTAL FITNESS, Defendant. 01 Civ. 533 (SAS) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 198 F. Supp. 2d 377; 2002 U.S. Dist. January 2, 2002, Decided January 3, 2002, Filed DISPOSITION: [**1] Defendant s motion to compel Brennan to arbitrate denied. Brennan s cross-motion to strike the defense of arbitration and stay arbitration granted. COUNSEL: For Plaintiff: Mona C. Engel, Esq., Law Offices of Robert F. Danzi, Westbury, New York. For Defendant: Jed L. Marcus, Esq., Gotta, Glassman amp; Hoffman, P.A., Roseland, New Jersey. JUDGES: SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, U.S.D.J. OPINIONBY: SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN OPINION: [*378] OPINION AND ORDER†¦show more content†¦Infante interviewed Brennan and asked her to write out a statement of her complaint in front of him. See id. Infante did not provide Brennan with a copy of her complaint or his interview notes. See id. Bally took no remedial action against Senal, nor did it take any steps to prevent further harassment of Brennan. See Compl. P 16. Therefore, to avoid Senal, in July 1998 Brennan transferred to the Bally facility in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, which required a demotion, pay cut, and extra travel time and expenses. See id. P 17. Her complaint of sexual harassment, however, remained pending on the basis of her allegations of ongoing sexual harassment by managers at the Bensonhurst facility. See Brennan I, 153 F. Supp. 2d at 413 n.11. In December 1998, while working at the Bally facility in Bensonhurst, Brennan received a fax requiring her [**5] attendance at an educational meeting about sexual harassment to be held at the Sheepshead Bay facility (the 1998 Meeting or Meeting). See Brennan Aff. P 8; Tr. at 12. About twenty Bally employees attended the meeting. See Tr. at 14. At the meeting, the employees were shown a video depicting incidents of sexual harassment. See Brennan Aff. P 9; Tr. at 16. Fred Infante, the Bally attorney who had investigated Brennan s complaint earlier that year, ran the meeting. See Brennan Aff. P 9; Tr. at 15. As soon as the video ended, Infante distributed a sixteen-page, single-spaced document that he described as containing procedures forShow MoreRelatedUnited States Military Values Dictate How We Live Our Lives1144 Words   |  5 PagesMARINES UNITED OR †¦ DIVIDED? USAACE NCOA SSG Kathryn G Rylander 15ZSLC 17-003 SFC Maradol Basic United States Military values dictate how we live our lives. There is no line drawn between the Marine Corps and the Army or the Navy and the Air Force. We all live and breathe by these values. The United States of America’s fighting force is supposed to stick together. There is rivalry but also comraderie. When there is a scandal within our fighting