In her suit, Vickie Mader accused Lowe's of discrimination, emotional distress and breach of contract. She also alleged that a male co-worker groped her May last year and that she had told an assistant manager the following day.
That manager promised to take action, but along with the human resources manager, disagreed with a surveillance video that Mader said showed the groping incident. The HR manager suggested the male employee could have placed his hand out in anticipation of Mader backing into him as he walked by her.
After the HR manager told Mader he would not fire the man or switch his hours, she quit May 26 last year. On that same day, she filed her complaint.
Mader has "struggled with the fact that (the employee) got away with touching her and she lost her job for it," according to the suit. Lowe's did not comment.