Miller Canfield: Mitsubishi Settles
29 August 1997
Miller Canfield: Mitsubishi Settles
DETROIT, Aug. 29 -- Walter B. Connolly, Jr., a principal in
the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., appeared on
"The Today Show" this morning in connection with the settlement of the class-
action lawsuit filed by the EEOC alleging sexual harassment against
Mitsubishi's Normal, Illinois plant. Miller, Canfield represented Mitsubishi
in the lawsuit, with Connolly as the lead defense trial counsel.
"We believe the settlement is good for the company," said Connolly.
"It is fair and equitable," he said. "Mitsubishi has consistently maintained
its innocence. It is time to look to the future. A settlement was right
under the circumstances." Connolly also said, "We believe that this was a
settlement totally satisfactory to the company after we were able to evaluate
the facts of the case."
The multimillion dollar case involved 27 women who accused the company of
condoning sexual harassment in the workplace. The suit sought back pay with
interest and benefits as well as compensatory and punitive damages.
Mitsubishi promised to donate $100,000 to women's causes in the
Bloomington-Normal area as part of the settlement.
Connolly specializes in class-action litigation and sexual and racial
harassment litigation. He recently represented a major university in one of
the most significant cases in the history of the Title IX Civil Rights Act.
He has defended 52 class-action cases and U.S. government investigations as
lead counsel.
The 250-attorney law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.,
established in Detroit, Michigan in 1852, has offices in Ann Arbor, Bloomfield
Hills, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Howell, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Monroe, Washington,
D.C., and New York City; affiliated offices in Pensacola and St. Petersburg,
Florida; and Poland offices in Gdansk, Katowice, and Warsaw. The Internet
address is http://www.millercanfield.com.
SOURCE Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone, P.L.C.
