School District Sanctioned For Failing To Preserve Evidence After Receiving EEOC Charge

A Maryland federal district court’s decision underscores the need to preserve evidence once notified of a potential lawsuit and the significant consequences for not doing so. In Eller v. Prince George’s Cty. Pub. Sch., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 234367 (D. Md. Dec. 11, 2020), an employment discrimination case, the court found the school district’s failure to keep disciplinary records on harassment of a transgender teacher after it was aware of the teacher’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

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