In January 2011, plaintiff Sharon Spiro, an office manager/bookkeeper for Machnet Inc., ended her relationship with the president and owner of the company, Gene Taubman. Spiro and Taubman had a personal relationship prior to Spiro’s employment with Machnet. A year later, Spiro contacted Taubman about employment, and she was hired in October 2010. Spiro and Taubman also resumed their dating relationship in October 2010. Spiro later stopped her dating relationship with Taubman in January 2011, but she continued to work for Machnet. On Nov. 1, 2012, Spiro was terminated from her position. Spiro sued Taubman and Machnet Inc. Spiro alleged that Taubman’s actions constituted sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination. She also alleged that Machnet failed to address the sexually hostile work environment and failed to reasonably accommodate her for a prior back injury. Spiro noted that she had problems with her back for years, even before her employment with Machnet, and that she had surgery for her back prior to her termination. However, she alleged that she was not provided reasonable accommodation for her condition at work. Defense counsel contended that Taubman always knew of Spiro’s back issues, even before her employment began with Machnet, and that Spiro always said she would need back surgery. Counsel also contended that Spiro was always accommodated for her disability. Ultimately, the reasonable-accommodation cause of action was not presented at trial. At trial, Spiro claimed that she was sexually harassed by Taubman after their dating relationship ended and that Taubman forced her to perform oral sex on him at the office on work hours after the dating ended. She further claimed that she was terminated because she said she would not give into any further sexual advances. Taubman claimed that he never resumed a non-work-related relationship with Spiro after their relationship ended in January 2011 and that he never asked her for any sexual requests. He also claimed that Spiro had a number of emotional outbursts in the office and that was the reason for Spiro’s termination., Spiro sought recovery of approximately $60,000 in loss of earnings and $1 million in emotional-distress damages.