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Client sues Royal Vendors for wrongful termination

MARTINSBURG-- A Berkeley County man has filed suit against Coin Acceptors, Inc., Royal Vendors, Inc, Johnny Dyer, plant manager at Royal Vendors, and Charity Fleming, Human Resources manager at Royal Vendors, for wrongful termination.  In a suit filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court, Troy Hadler alleges that he was terminated from his job for opposing and reporting sexual harassment in the work place. 

The plaintiff claims that he was hired for the position of supervisor at Royal Vendors on October 7, 2008.  The complaint alleges that on or around November 2009, an employee reported to Plaintiff that a female employee was being sexually harassed at Royal Vendors.  Plaintiff claims that he immediately reported the harassment to Defendant Dyer and Defendant Fleming.  Plaintiff further claims that on or around December 22, 2009, a second employee reported to Plaintiff that the female employee who made the initial sexual harassment complaint was upset because she felt that inadequate action had been taken to address her complaint. 

After speaking with the female employee, Plaintiff claims that on January 4, 2010, he directly relayed the female employee's concerns to Defendant Dyer and Defendant Fleming.  Plaintiff alleges that on or around January 26, 2010, his immediate supervisor informed him that Charity Fleming was upset with him for intervening in the sexual harassment complaint.  On January 27, 2010, Plaintiff was discharged from his employment at Royal Vendors. 

Plaintiff alleges that Defendants violated the West Virginia Human Rights Act when they terminated him for reporting and opposing sexual harassment in the workplace.  Plaintiff further claims that Defendants Fleming and Dyer aided and abetted the corporate defendants in violating the West Virginia Human Rights Act by discharging the Plaintiff, in whole or in part, for opposing and reporting sexual harassment in the workplace.  Plaintiff is seeking general damages, back pay, front pay, punitive damages, reasonable costs and attorney's fees, prejudgment and post judgment interests, and costs incurred in prosecuting this action. 

Plaintiff is represented by Martinsburg attorney Harry P. Waddell. 

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