Miller’s Grill, Inc., a Washington, Missouri restaurant, will pay monetary damages to a former employee and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced.
According to the EEOC’s suit, the restaurant’s owner, Larry Miller, sexually harassed a female manager, Lisa Kelley, in 2017, by brushing up against her, grabbing her around the waist; touching her buttocks; making lewd and sexual comments toward her; asking her to go out with him late at night; and asking her for sex.
When Kelley ignored Miller or refused his advances, he became increasingly irate, screamed and yelled at her, and criticized her work in front of customers and coworkers, the EEOC charged. Eventually, Miller retaliated by taking Kelley off the restaurant’s schedule, effectively terminating her employment in retaliation for her opposition to his harassment.
This alleged conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace and retaliation for opposing it. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Miller’s Grill, Inc., Case No. 4:25-cv-00907-PLC) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.
Source: EEOC
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