Jimmy bedford sexual harassment lawsuit

Please purchase a subscription to read our premium content. If you have a subscription, please log in or sign up for an account on our website to continue. Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading. Learn more about HD Media. The suit claims Bedford verbally and physically harassed her when the two made a five-day business visit to south Texas last November that included stops at 11 bars or nightspots. Bedford later retired rather than face firing.

Jimmy Bedford, the slender and silver-haired former master distiller of the Jack Daniel's whiskey during a year career with the company, died Friday. He was His body was found outside a barn at his farm in Lynchburg, apparently the victim of a heart attack, company officials said. Bedford retired in March after spending 20 years as the master distiller supervising the entire operation at the year-old distillery in Lynchburg, the oldest registered one in the United States. Among his duties was tasting the whiskey before it was sent to retailers. Bedford traveled the world as the promotional face behind the product.

The suit was settled out of court. Care to elaborate on it? It's not necessarily a "Great Lakes-sized stain," depending on the details, which I don't know.

James Howard Bedford January 30, — August 7, was responsible for overseeing the production of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey and ensuring the consistent flavor of the product in his 20 years serving as the distillery's sixth master distiller. There he attended Moore County High School. He and his wife moved back to the Lynchburg area following graduation from college and took a job in at the Jack Daniel's Distillery there. According to his obituary in The New York Times , he had "what he considered one of the most enviable jobs imaginable — making sure Jack Daniel's Old No. Bedford would compare new batches with old by sipping, but not swallowing, samples of the product to ensure that "it never changes" and that Jack Daniel's Old No.