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EEOC Lands Its Largest Settlement Ever
… to each of the 32 disabled employees ($5.5 million in compensatory damages, on top of another $2 million in punitive damages ) begins to look more reasonable.While the $240 million verdict is historically large (the biggest ever obtained …
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A 'Wet One' Renders Him Gay? 5th Circuit to Reconsider Same-Sex Harassment Case
… favor, awarding him $200,000 in compensatory damages (statutorily reduced to $50,000) and $250,000 in punitive damages .The 5th Circuit, however, reversed:Title VII protects employees against workplace discrimination, not against …
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Jury Award of $3.5M Reinstated in Chrysler Discrimination Case
… reinstated a $3.5 million punitive damages award to a pipefitter at a Chrysler ..... damages and $3.5 million in punitive damages . May accepted the reduction ..... court's decision to vacate the punitive damages award, according to the ruling …
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Massive Master Complaint Filed Against NFL Over Concussion-Related Injuries
… Riddell Inc. and affiliated entities of those two businesses. The complaint seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages against the NFL for wrongful death, fraudulent concealment of concussion risks, fraud, negligence and other claims …
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Merrill $40M Class-Action Settlement With Advisers Could 'Open a Pandora's Box'
… Ramazio, $4.3 million and $875,000, respectively, in compensatory damages, plus another $5 million in total punitive damages and $100,000 for discovery abuse. Merrill Lynch has filed a petition to vacate that ruling with the U.S. District …
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Trucking Firm Ordered to Reinstate Whistle-Blower, Pay $315,000
… The award reflects $280,000 in back wages and interest, $15,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages , OSHA said. The federal agency does not release the names of employees involved in whistle-blower complaints …
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Vulgar Language Must Be Viewed in Context in Sexual Harassment Case: Court
… including $4 million in compensatory damages against Cook County, $70,000 in compensatory damages and $30,000 in punitive damages against Sullivan. The district court judge subsequently set aside the verdict. "The district court ruled that …
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EEOC Files Charges Against Burger King in Workplace Attire Dispute
… Rights Act of 1964 by failing to accommodate McShan's religious beliefs. It seeks back pay, compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive relief. Dallas-based EEOC regional attorney Robert A. Canino said in a statement, "We haven …
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Major Reform to Ohio's Discrimination Laws Introduced in State Senate
… otherwise avoid the alleged harm. Eliminates individual liability for managers and supervisors. Caps noneconomic and punitive damages based on the size of the employer. This bill presents a tangible opportunity to fix a broken law. Ohio's current …
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U.S. Court Abused Discretion in Sex Harassment Case: Appeals court
… Following a January 2011 trial, a jury awarded 10 plaintiffs $10,080 in compensatory damages and $1.25 million in punitive damages . After the trial, the EEOC asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in Albany to …
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Lawsuit says NBA Tried to Force Out Working Mothers with Young Children
… Labor Standards Act of 1938 and New Jersey state statutes. The lawsuit seeks front and back pay, compensatory and punitive damages and attorney's fees, cost and expenses. An NBA spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment. The lawsuit …
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Muslim Woman Wins $5.1M Judgment in Work Discrimination Suit
… lost wages and $5 million in punitive damages . Susann Bashir, who had worked ..... a verdict of $5 million in punitive damages ," which is greater than Missouri's punitive damages limit of five times compensatory …
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The Impact of Motors & Mobiles
… company." That anger, he says, could translate into a higher award of compensatory damages and even an award of punitive damages . Cable One, which is based in Phoenix, settled two weeks before trial. "Most of these [cases] are getting …
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Cain Controversy Historical Context Helps and Hurts Candidate
… Clarence Thomas case and the subsequent passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which authorized jury trials and punitive damages in such cases. These events made sexual harassment a very hot employment-law topic in a time when the parameters …
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Appeals Court Overturns Most of Dismissal in Same-Sex Harassment Suit
… dismissed claims for retaliation, loss of overtime and punitive damages . According to the unanimous decision, Cherry ..... ruling last week, the appeals court decided that the punitive damages claim was correctly dismissed because the company …
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State Court Upholds Gay Employee's Hostile Work Environment Claim
… Friday ruling in Luis Patino vs. Birken Manufacturing Co., the court upheld a jury's award of $94,500 in punitive damages against the Bloomfield, Connecticut, firm. Patino, who had worked at Birken as a machinist from 1977 until his …
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Employment Law Landscape Changes With Wal-Mart Ruling
… have allowed as many as 1.5 million female workers to sue the nationâ s biggest private employer for back pay and punitive damages that could have totaled billions of dollars. The decision makes it more difficult for employees to file such lawsuits …
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Aon Alleges Employee, Client Poaching by Another Firm
… employees have left Aon, the Chicago-based brokerage alleged. In its suit, Aon seeks unspecified economic and punitive damages . It also seeks injunctions to forbid the former executives from competing for Aon's construction business for …
