Schlumberger Cleared in Female Field Engineer’s Harassment, Retaliation Suit

A federal jury in Houston on Wednesday cleared Schlumberger Technology Corp. of any wrongdoing in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by a female field engineer who alleged she had been subjected to a hostile work environment that forced her to resign.

The jury of five women and three men deliberated for about three hours before rejecting four specific claims brought by Jessica Cheatham. They found that she failed to prove Schlumberger discriminated against her based on her sex, failed to prove Schlumberger subjected her to a hostile work environment, failed to prove the company retaliated against her and failed to prove that its treatment of her forced her to leave the company.