Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Appellee/ Joseph Carlton, Intervening v. Harbert-Yeargin, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a same-sex sexual harassment suit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against HarberL-Yeargin, Inc. on behalf of Terry Dotson, William Doyle, and Cedric Woods, three of the company’s employees. A fourth employee, Joseph Carlton, intervened. The complaint alleged that Harbert-Yeargin allowed its male employees to be subjected to unwelcome and offensive touching on the basis of sex and failed to take corrective action, thereby creating a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A…