Legal Opinion
Gerald Schobert and Ronald E. Werner v. Illinois Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 16, 2002No. 01-1598PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal follows a jury verdict in favor of the defendant Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). Gerald Scho-bert and Ronald Werner, maintenance workers for IDOT, accused their employer of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. They argued unsuccessfully to the jury that IDOT discriminated against men by permitting the one woman in the maintenance department to be a “beneficiary” of what they called quid-pro-quo sexual harassment. They also maintained that they were retaliated against after complaining about the…
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