Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.

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United States court case class action lawsuit sexual harassment case

Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. was a landmark U.S. class-action sexual harassment lawsuit brought by female mine workers in Minnesota’s Iron Range, recognized as one of the first major cases to address workplace sexual harassment in a blue-collar industry.

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Label	Occurrences
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. canonical	5
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. class-action lawsuit	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States court case ⓘ class action lawsuit ⓘ sexual harassment case ⓘ
adaptation	North Country ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear	2005 ⓘ
adaptationType	feature film ⓘ
allegation	pervasive verbal harassment ⓘ physical harassment ⓘ pornographic graffiti and materials in the workplace ⓘ retaliation against women who complained ⓘ
classType	class of female hourly employees ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ⓘ
defendant	Eveleth Taconite Company ⓘ
endDate	1998 ⓘ
impact	contributed to development of class action harassment jurisprudence ⓘ increased recognition of sexual harassment in blue-collar workplaces ⓘ influenced employer policies on workplace harassment ⓘ
industry	iron mining ⓘ taconite mining ⓘ
jurisdiction	District of Minnesota ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ surface form: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. federal courts ⓘ surface form: United States federal courts
legalBasis	Minnesota Human Rights Act ⓘ Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
legalIssue	hostile work environment ⓘ sex discrimination ⓘ workplace sexual harassment ⓘ
location	Iron Range region of Minnesota ⓘ surface form: Minnesota Iron Range
notableFor	establishing precedent for class-wide hostile environment claims ⓘ first class action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States ⓘ first major sexual harassment case in a blue-collar industry ⓘ
plaintiff	Lois Jenson ⓘ female mine workers at Eveleth Taconite ⓘ
plaintiffCounsel	Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights ⓘ private civil rights attorneys ⓘ
precedentFor	later class action sexual harassment suits in heavy industry ⓘ
recognizedAs	landmark sexual harassment case in U.S. employment law ⓘ
relatedWork	Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law ⓘ
result	settlement in favor of plaintiffs ⓘ
settlement	confidential monetary settlement ⓘ
startDate	1988 ⓘ
state	Minnesota ⓘ
subjectMatter	sexual harassment of women in mining workplace ⓘ
timePeriodOfEvents	1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ

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North Country → inspiredBy → Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. ⓘ

Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law → mainSubject → Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. ⓘ

Josey Aimes → inspiredByEvent → Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. ⓘ

Lois Jenson → notableWork → Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. ⓘ

Lois Jenson → participantIn → Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. class-action lawsuit

Laura Leedy Gansler → mainSubject → Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. ⓘ

subject surface form: Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law