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    Madison Square Garden management had to pay a price for losing a high profile sexual harassment court case to former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders on October 2nd. Not only was the company ordered to pay $11.6 million in damages, but those named in Sanders' lawsuit would hang their heads in shame. They include MSG chairman James Dolan and Knicks President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas, a man who had made Sanders' working environment disgracefully an uncomfortable one. Once Dolan fired Sanders in January 2006 after she took her complaints to the team owner about Thomas' treatment of her that began as far back in time as three years earlier, she filed the lawsuit.

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    Madison Square Garden management had to pay a price for losing a high profile sexual harassment court case to former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders on October 2nd. Not only was the company ordered to pay $11.6 million in damages, but those named in Sanders' lawsuit would hang their heads in shame. They include MSG chairman James Dolan and Knicks President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas, a man who had made Sanders' working environment disgracefully an uncomfortable one. Once Dolan fired Sanders in January 2006 after she took her complaints to the team owner about Thomas' treatment of her that began as far back in time as three years earlier, she filed the lawsuit.

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    BUS601 Case Study Information

    Enviado por

    Aftab Mohammed
    Madison Square Garden management had to pay a price for losing a high profile sexual harassment court case to former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders on October 2nd. Not only was the company ordered to pay $11.6 million in damages, but those named in Sanders' lawsuit would hang their heads in shame. They include MSG chairman James Dolan and Knicks President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas, a man who had made Sanders' working environment disgracefully an uncomfortable one. Once Dolan fired Sanders in January 2006 after she took her complaints to the team owner about Thomas' treatment of her that began as far back in time as three years earlier, she filed the lawsuit.

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    Juryawards$11.6MtoformerKnicksexec|Crain'sNewYorkBusiness

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    Articlecanbefoundathttp://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20071002/FREE/71002005/juryawards116mtoformer
    knicksexec

    Juryawards$11.6MtoformerKnicksexec
    AjuryruledthatKnickscoachIsiahThomassexuallyharassedAnuchaBrownebutonlyMSGandMSGchairmanJames
    Dolanhadtopay.

    HilaryPotkewitz
    Published:October2,200712:07pm
    KnicksCoachIsiahThomasandMadisonSquareGardenofficialssaidtheywouldappealTuesdaysverdictthatawardeda
    formerhighrankingfemaleexecutive$11.6millioninpunitivedamagesinasexualharassmentcase.
    Compensatorydamages,suchaslostsalaryandbenefits,inthecasebroughtbytheformeremployee,AnuchaBrowne
    Sanders,arescheduledtobeannouncedThursday.
    Mr.Thomasleftthecourtroomindignant,protestinghisinnocence,whileMSGissuedastatementsayingitwas
    disappointedwiththeverdict.Bothsaidtheyarecommittedtoanappeal.
    Ms.BrowneSandersclaimedthatMr.Thomas,theKnickscoachandpresidentofbasketballoperations,subjectedherto
    inappropriateanddegradingbehaviorandunwantedsexualadvances,andthatsoonafterfilingasexualharassmentsuit,
    shewasfiredasapunishment.
    Duringthetrial,theKnickshavebeenportrayedasinsensitivetowomen,andtheGardenbackofficewasportrayedasa
    crossbetweenalockerroomandafrathouse,neitherofwhichweretookeenonmakingfemaleemployeesfeelathome.
    Mr.ThomaswasaccusedofregularlycallingMs.BrowneSanders"abitch"and"aho,"andmarriedstarpointguard
    StephonMarburyadmittedthathehadsexwithaKnickscollegeinterninhisSUVafterateampartyatastripclub.
    Thisisafranchisethatsstrugglingtofinditsway,saidRobertBoland,sportsattorneyandprofessoratNYUsTisch
    CenterforHospitality,TourismandSportsManagement.Andnowitsshowntobeanenvironmentthatsextremelyhostile
    toeveryonesdaughter,wifeandsister.TheKnickshaveonlyhadoneplayoffappearanceinthepastsixyears.
    TapeddepositionsfromMr.Thomas,fromMr.MarburyandfromCablevisionchairmanandMSGbossJamesDolanallhurt
    theorganizationscredibility.
    ClearlythejurybelievedMs.BrowneSandersmorethantheybelievedtheentireMSGestablishment,saidJeffreyKlein,
    chairoftheemploymentlitigationpracticeatlawfirmWeil,Gotshal&Manges.
    ItwasMr.Dolanstestimonythatclinchedthecase,Mr.Kleinsaid.TheMSGbossplainlystatedthathefiredMs.Browne
    Sandersasaresultofthelawsuit,andthathemadethedecisionwithoutconsultingtherestofmanagement.Thepivot
    pointinthetrialwastheretaliation,headded.Theyfiredher,andthenhadtocomeupwithareasonforwhyshewas
    fired.
    ThejuryawardedMs.BrowneSanders$6millionforputtingupwiththehostileworkenvironment,and$5.6millionin
    recognitionthatshewasfiredforspeakingupaboutit.ThejurydirectedthatMr.Dolanbepersonallyresponsibleforpaying
    $3millionoftheaward.
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    Juryawards$11.6MtoformerKnicksexec|Crain'sNewYorkBusiness

    TheKnicksarethewealthiestteamintheNationalBasketballAssociation,withrevenues16%higherthantheNo.2Los
    AngelesLakers,accordingtoForbesmagazine.Despitealosingrecord,athreeyearplayoffdroughtanddeclininghome
    courtattendance,revenuehascontinuedtoriselargelybecauseofadvertising.Theteamplaysinthenation'slargest,
    richesttelevisionmarket.
    Butthefinancialimpactofthecasehasyettobeseen.Itdependsonwhethersponsorsstickwiththeteamorpull
    advertisingbecauseofconcernsaboutimage.
    TheNBAhasfocusedondrawingmorefemalefansoverthepastdecade,andhasbeenapromotingitselfasaplace
    wherefemaleexecutivescangetahead.HeidiUeberroth,headofglobalmarketingfortheNBA,wasjustnamedoneofthe
    100mostpowerfulpeopleinsportsbyBusinessWeekmagazine.
    ItssuchablightontheNBAsmodel,saidMr.Boland.
    TheNBAcoulduseabestinterestclauseinitsbylawsandsuspendMr.Dolanasagovernoroftheleague,claimingthatit
    wouldbeinthebestinterestoftheNBAandtheteam.Iwouldntbesurprisediftheystartedmovestodothattomorrow,
    addedMr.Boland.
    TheNBAdeclinedtosaywhatactionsitwouldtakeasaresultofTuesday'sverdicts."AllIcansayisthatourpoliciesdo
    notencompasscivillitigation,"saidTimFrank,vicepresidentofbasketballcommunicationsfortheleague,buthedidn'trule
    outthepossibilityofsanctionsagainstMr.DolanortheKnicks.

    Entirecontents2015CrainCommunicationsInc.

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