Ex-Home Depot Worker Sues in Orange County Alleging Harassment, Retaliation, Wage Claims

A former Home Depot freight-team associate, Morgan May Crane, filed a civil complaint in Orange County Superior Court on March 2, 2026 alleging a pattern of sexual harassment, retaliation and wage claims against Home Depot USA Inc., according to a Law.com Radar report. The brief public summary of the filing identifies Crane and the three claim categories but provides limited detail beyond the filing date and defendant name.

The Law.com Radar excerpt does not include a docket number, specific factual incidents, named supervisors or coworkers, exact legal causes of action, damages sought, or plaintiff counsel contact information. The complaint text and court docket entries must be pulled from Orange County Superior Court to confirm whether the complaint asserts claims under state law such as the Fair Employment and Housing Act, specific wage-and-hour statutes, or particular remedies like injunctive relief or back pay.

Public records assembled alongside the new complaint show other, separate Home Depot matters in Orange County. A UniCourt docket lists a different civil case captioned LAURA CRAIN VS. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. with a complaint filed on 09/08/2021 at the Central Justice Center. The UniCourt entries include administrative items and show that the case was assigned to Judicial Officer Derek Hunt on 09/08/2021, and that a “CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 03/07/2022 AT 08:30:00 AM IN C23 AT CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER.” The UniCourt summary also records payment entries: an “ADVANCED JURY FEE (NON-REFUNDABLE) IN THE AMOUNT OF 150.00” and a “COMPLAINT OR OTHER 1ST PAPER IN THE AMOUNT OF 435.00,” and a proof of service of summons filed on 11/12/2021. UniCourt lists plaintiff counsel for the 2021 matter as the Law Offices of W. Douglas Easton.

A separate regulatory enforcement matter against Home Depot is reflected in a California Department of Food & Agriculture notice and related summaries. The CDFA notice states, “Enclosed is a copy of the Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction dated August 26, 2024, against Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., a Delaware Corporation.” That Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction arose from county district attorneys’ actions alleging overcharging customers via scanner or price-display mismatches and imposed a monetary settlement totaling $1,977,251.28; the CDFA notice records that “Civil penalties were $1,700,000.00, agency costs were $177,251.28, and cy pres restitution of $100,000 ($50,000 to the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association Quantity Control Trust Fund and $50,000 to the Consumer Protection Prosecution Trust Fund).” The CDFA notice further requires Home Depot to institute a Price Accuracy Program that includes designating a store pricing manager, providing staff training, and performing quarterly price audits.

Available records make clear the March 2, 2026 Crane complaint, the September 2021 Crain filing, and the Aug. 26, 2024 Final Judgment are distinct matters. The names differ - Morgan May Crane versus Laura Crain - and the filings and enforcement action arise from separate causes: alleged employment misconduct and wage claims for Crane, a 2021 civil filing for Crain, and county-led consumer price-accuracy enforcement for the 2024 judgment. Court filings and the Final Judgment will need to be obtained to confirm whether any of the matters overlap or share counsel.

The March 2, 2026 complaint remains pending in Orange County Superior Court as reported; the docket number, full complaint text, plaintiff counsel for Morgan May Crane, and any hearing or case-management calendar entries were not listed in the public summary and must be pulled from court records to provide further detail and to secure statements from counsel and Home Depot.