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"LUFKIN - A female machine operator has filed a lawsuit claiming that she was terminated for complaining about sexual harassment.&nbsp;<br /><br />Carolyn Ruffin filed suit against Lufkin Industries on Jan. 29 in the Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division.<br /><br />Ruffin, 38, was employed by Lufkin Industries as a machinist in the Power Transmission Division from May 27, 2012, until she was terminated on Aug. 24, 2012.<br /><br />She claims the discrimination started when she was transferred to operate the Giddings and Lewis Boring machine on about July 8, 2012.&nbsp; In addition to other harassment, Ruffin&rsquo;s co-worker made remarks about women not belonging in a machine shop. She claims she complained to her supervisors but no action was taken.<br /><br />According to the lawsuit, Ruffin was terminated the day after complaining about the sexual harassment to the company vice president.<br /><br />The defendant is accused of violations of Title VII for sexual harassment, sex discrimination and retaliation.<br /><br />The plaintiff is seeking an award of damages for mental pain and suffering, emotional distress, humiliation, embarrassment, lost income, and damage to her reputation, punitive damages, attorney&rsquo;s fees, interest and court costs.<br /><br />Ruffin is represented by Curtis B. Stuckey of Stuckey, Garrigan &amp; Castetter Law Offices in Nacogdoches. A jury trial is requested.<br /><br />U.S. District Judge Ron Clark is assigned to the case.<br /><br /><em>Case No. 9:13-cv-00024</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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