Prospective renter awarded $15,000 after groping

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal court in Arkansas concluded a no-jury trial with $15,000 in damages awarded to a single working mother with two young children who was sexually harassed by a landlord in his early 70s during a tour of a rental home. “Any reasonable woman would be offended by an unwelcomed touching of her breasts and a forced grazing of her hand across the prospective landlord's crotch. The accompanying words made the sexual motivation clear.” The man’s wife was found not liable for his conduct on behalf of their property rental business.