Four former McDonald’s workers will be paid more than $505,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit against the owners of the Durango franchise.
The female workers’ then 24-year-old manager allegedly bit the girls’ breasts, grabbed their buttocks and made numerous sexual comments beginning in 2003, when they were teenagers.
Terms of the settlement approved Thursday in federal court in Denver included letters of apology from franchise owner John Bronson. In an e-mailed statement to the Durango Herald, Bronson said he and his wife plan to move forward and that the matter was settled.
Two of the victims and their lawyer will split $450,000, while an additional $55,000 will be split by two other victims who were represented by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which filed the lawsuit.
“We’re just happy that it’s resolved and there will be appropriate relief for the victims of the harassment,” said Loretta Medina, senior trial lawyer with the EEOC.
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