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The plaintiffs in the suit, who were Caucasian men, say that African American security detail members were not moved to lower positions or fired, despite the fact that they had been working for Emanuel for less time than the former employees.

In 20011, a former assistant principal was fired for allegedly telling her district bosses that her supervisor, principal Edward Nelson, was consuming alcohol while at work, harassing females at the school and not carrying out his everyday duties.

More than one year after filing a wrongful termination lawsuit against the city of Stanford, Kentucky, and Mayor Bill Miracle, a judge ruled that there were “no genuine issues of material fact” in plaintiff Sandy Gooch’s case, according to Central Kentucky News.

After Brooklyn, Ohio, former mayor Ken Patton was named in two sexual harassment suits in 2008, a settlement was reached on August 8 that paid the plaintiffs a combined amount of $750,000 in damages, according to Cleveland.com.

A former South Bend, Indiana, city employee has filed a wrongful termination suit against the city after he was reportedly fired without a clear reason, according to ABC 57, a news station in Indiana.

A Wichita, Kansas, dentist is facing accusations of sexual harassment, racism and other misconduct after a civil lawsuit was filed in federal court by two former dental hygienists on July 18.

A former female employee of a popular fast food restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, is suing the establishment for wrongfully terminating her based on her gender. Brenda Honeycutt filed a lawsuit in May against Chick-fil-A.

After Southern Illinois University student Samuel Milligan accused a former professor Cal Meyers of sexual harassment, he filed a lawsuit against the school in 2008 claiming that the school created an uncomfortable and hostile learning and working environment.

The plaintiffs allege that they lost their jobs after they brought forth complaints in March about the director’s son, who they say filled out a time card for hours he never worked.

The lawsuit, which was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Madison in 2011, accuses Missoula of allowing male workers to sexually harass female employees by kissing them, touching their breasts and genital areas and making sexual comments.