You mean the hundreds of thousands of dollars that this will probably cost? How about the hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers money to litigate it all and take up all the court time?
Allegations like these usually drag on for a LONG time and if she had any chance of any repercussions (which she doesn't), she might think twice before being such a b****.
I'd like to see her laughed out of court. Then I'd like to see Nascar counter-sue her and ruin her financially. at the very least....
wow is all i can say that would look great NASCAR countersuing a single person that would make so many people happy
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NASCAR suspends 2 officials in lawsuit investigation
AP - Jun 11, 5:59 pm EDT NASCAR Gallery CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)—Two officials named in a $225 million racial discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against NASCAR have been placed on administrative leave for violating company policy, The Associated Press has learned.
The officials, who were not immediately identified, were sent home from Kentucky Speedway on Friday evening, a person familiar with the NASCAR investigation told the AP. The person requested anonymity because NASCAR’s investigation is ongoing.
Mauricia Grant filed her suit Tuesday, alleging 23 specific incidents of sexual harassment and 34 specific incidents of racial and gender discrimination during her time as a technical inspector for NASCAR’s second-tier Nationwide Series.
Grant, who is black, claims her October 2007 firing was retaliation for complaining about the way she was treated on the job from her January 2005 hiring through her October 2007 firing.
NASCAR chairman Brian France has not addressed the validity of Grant’s claims, but said the former official never made a formal complaint of followed NASCAR policy in reporting harassment.
NASCAR sent a team of investigators from its human resources and legal offices to Kentucky this weekend to interview those named in the suit. Of 27 interviews conducted away from the track Thursday and Friday, two officials were found to have engaged in behavior that violated NASCAR policy.
Their leave is indefinite.
In addition, investigators failed to uncover a single instance where Grant complained to her supervisors or other NASCAR employees about the way she was treated, the person familiar with the investigation told AP.
Grant has said she followed the chain of command all the way to Nationwide Series director Joe Balash, but stopped short of telling human resources because she was reprimanded by that department for a separate incident two weeks after lodging her complaint. She said she viewed the reprimand, which included a threat of termination, as retaliation for complaining to Balash.
Balash was not one of the officials placed on leave Friday.
Grant’s lawyer, Benedict P. Morelli of Morelli Ratner PC, was not immediately available for comment.
In her suit, Grant claims she was referred to as “Nappy Headed Mo” and “Queen Sheba,” by co-workers, was often told she worked on “colored people time,” and was frightened by one official who routinely made references to the Ku Klux Klan.
In addition, Grant said she was subjected to sexual advances from male co-workers, two of whom allegedly exposed themselves to her, and graphic and lewd jokes. She says she has both e-mails and text messages to support her claims.
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I do agree that this woman is suing for way to much money. However, I am not going to say that her claim has no validity. In the business world things like this do happen everyday, somewhere. Co's get sued left and right everyday. Nascar is no different.
Also, I don't thing this will be a long drawn out case. I think now that Nascar has opened an investigation of their own. Things will move, and if any validity to her claim is found they will probably seek to settle. Many companies do. I don't see Nascar being any different.
As far as the amount of her claim. That's pretty normal. I see lawsuits all the time. Plaintiff's or should I say their attorney's typically file for exhorbanante amounts. It's simply a basis to 1. get someones attention, and 2. it opens up discussion for a settlement.
I do agree that this woman is suing for way to much money. However, I am not going to say that her claim has no validity. In the business world things like this do happen everyday, somewhere. Co's get sued left and right everyday. Nascar is no different.
Also, I don't thing this will be a long drawn out case. I think now that Nascar has opened an investigation of their own. Things will move, and if any validity to her claim is found they will probably seek to settle. Many companies do. I don't see Nascar being any different.
As far as the amount of her claim. That's pretty normal. I see lawsuits all the time. Plaintiff's or should I say their attorney's typically file for exhorbanante amounts. It's simply a basis to 1. get someones attention, and 2. it opens up discussion for a settlement.
Well said- I was thinking the exact same.
I'm not going to say she was lying or wasn't because that stuff happens everywhere and I have experienced being treated in the same kind of manner personally.If this does come out to be true I think she deserves the money whether it be some of it or all of it that she's going for- it's not like NASCAR is going to be hurting too much over it.
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attorney's typically file for exhorbanante amounts. It's simply a basis to 1. get someones attention, 2. it opens up discussion for a settlement, 3. Make HUGE sums of Money.
You left out number 3 so I helped you out, hope ya dont mind.
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Lawyer behind discrimination suit talks: But Benedict Morelli -- the lawyer for Mauricia Grant in the $225 million discrimination lawsuit against NASCAR -- took note that there was one other intriguing headline over the weekend: Nationwide Series officials Tim Knox and Bud Moore [NOT the former car owner Walter "Bud" Moore, who owned the #15 Ford and others for years with 63 wins] were both suspended, with pay, for what the sport's CEO, Brian France, called "violations in NASCAR policy." France didn't give specifics on what prompted the action while defending his company on Saturday, but both are accused in the lawsuit of exposing themselves to Grant -- an African-American co-worker of theirs who was fired in October 2007. In a 45-minute interview with SI.com before those suspensions, Morelli shared some of his thoughts on the case. "I look at this as an opportunity [for NASCAR]," he said from his offices in Manhattan. "There are a number of things that have to go on. NASCAR ultimately has to pay a lot of money -- but they have to do more than that. They have to try to legitimately change the culture. In a lot of ways, a lawsuit like this could benefit them if they make the necessary changes." Morelli says his client is willing to take a stand, and knows it will be a long fight. See the full story at the Sports Illustrated site.(6-16-2008)
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SI.com interview with former NASCAR race official Grant Mauricia "Mo" Grant spent nearly three years as a race official in the Nationwide Series, working for NASCAR as the only African-American female in such a role. Now she's at the center of a $225 million lawsuit filed against the organization, in which she alleges sexual and racial discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination. She claims she was called demeaning names, subjected to sexual advances -- including two male co-workers allegedly exposing themselves to her -- and made the brunt of graphic and lewd jokes. In her first face-to-face and most extensive interview since the lawsuit became public, Grant, 32, spoke to SI.com this week about some of the background of the suit. During the two-hour, sometimes emotional interview (including an animated discussion about last week's NASCAR race at Michigan), her passion for the sport was evident. See full interview at SI.com - Grant paints picture of 'ignorant' NASCAR culture.(6-18-2008)
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