I know of a person who works for a government agency in California who sued her employer TWICE for “sexual harassment” and won both cases. She was on the verge of doing it again with my husband as the next victim, when he transferred to another job. These suits are nothing but offensive job protection and money makers for the plaintiffs.
Yes these frivolous lawsuits are a plague against not only the private sector but also in the public sector against emergency responders.
Not only will private sector employers settle for what they consider chump change but the public sector employers -(the politicians)and YOU, (not by choice), settle due to fears of costly dragged out court trials.
In the case of private sector lawsuits, the employee named is the one that will have to live with it throughout his career and be saddled with a blot on his record. The stockholders are the victim of these bogus lawsuits.
In the case of the private sector the employee named is similarily affected, but in addition, the taxpayers are another victim of these bogus lawsuits.