| Awards from Discrimination Cases; Compiled by Paul F. Bell |
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Case Name |
Award |
pl. |
Comments |
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| 1 |
Clark v. Runyon, 8th Cir., No. 99-2956, 7/27/00 |
$0 |
1 |
Clark had been
disciplined for assaulting and threatening co-workers |
|
| 2 |
Smith v. Leggett Wire Co., 6th Cir., No. 98-6414, 7/17/00 |
$0 |
1 |
Death threat legitimate
nondiscriminatory reason for firing him, and he failed to show it was a
pretext for race discrimination" |
|
| 3 |
Heno v. Sprint/United Mgmt. Co., 10th Cir., No. 98-1085, 4/3/00 |
$0 |
1 |
$150,000 award
overturned; No award given; Race not motivating factor in not promoting |
|
| 4 |
Dickerson v. Alachua County Comm'n, 11th Cir., No. 98-3041, 1/14/00 |
$0 |
1 |
Demoted and scapegoated
by white officers assigning blame for an inmate's escape; $50K overturned;
Technical reasons |
|
| 5 |
United States v. Miami, 11th Cir., No. 98-4626, 11/17/99 |
$0 |
35 |
Court req'd lower ct to
review $9 million award and make it closer to the actual damages of $500,000 |
|
| 6 |
Freeman v. Chicago Park Dist., 7th Cir., No. 98-3460, 9/1/99 |
$0 |
1 |
Award of $45K vacated
b/csame jury that found she was harassed at work also said race was not the
cause of the harassment |
|
| 7 |
Barbour v. Browner, D.C. Cir., No. 98-5408, 7/13/99 |
$0 |
1 |
6 yr delay in carrying
out his promise to promote not race discrimination b/c ee refused to undergo
a job performance audit and take additional duties |
|
| 8 |
Lowe v. Consolidated Freightways of Delaware Inc., 7th Cir., No. 98-2297, 5/6/99 |
$0 |
1 |
even though
"horrendous story" of hanging nooses and Ku Klux Klan, jury did not believe him |
|
| 9 |
Williams v. County of Westchester, 2d Cir., No. 98-7754, 3/16/99 |
$0 |
1 |
$48K award vacated b/c
evidence of "generalized feelings of discomfort fell well short of the
proof required to show a hostile work environment, |
|
| 10 |
Coggins v. District of Columbia, 4th Cir., CA-96-1696-A, unpublished 2/19/99 |
$0 |
1 |
$60K vacated b/c no evidence of racial
animus;decision made by "independent, unbiased decisionmakers ...
legitimate, nondiscriminatory rationale |
|
| 11 |
Smith v. Chicago Sch. Reform Bd. of Trustees, 7th Cir., Nos. 97-2824, 97-2871, 98-1616, and |
$0 |
|
$2M verdict overruled b/c
favoritism toward plaintiff and abuse by plaintiff;$300K cap compensatory damages Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act |
|
| 12 |
Williams v. United Dairy Farmers, S.D. Ohio, Nos. 96-CV-00802 and 96-CV-01060, 10/5/98 |
$0 |
2 |
Hhad violated
cash-handling procedures; raise issue company's nondiscriminatory reason for
firing them under the analysis "mixed motive" cases |
|
| 13 |
Reynolds v. Alabama Dept. of Transportation, M.D. Ala., Northern Division, CA 85-T-665-N, |
$0 |
class action |
Reynolds in 1985 alleged
discrimination against blacks in hiring and promotions. |
|
| 14 |
EEOC v. Goetz Serv. Inc., W.D. Tex., No. A99CA167JN, 11/16/99 |
$16,000 |
1 |
fired purportedly for
tardiness & poor attendance VERSUS his boss allegedly used racial slurs
to refer to him; Company settled w.
plaintiff |
|
| 15 |
Lowery v. Circuit City Stores Inc., 4th Cir., No. 97-1372, 9/14/98 |
$16,700 |
2 |
Not promoted; failed as
class action; Judge blamed Lowery partially for not getting promoted; No
punitive award; mgt style fostered discrimination against black ee |
|
| 16 |
Herron v. Glickman, EEOC, No. 100-98-7120x, recommended corrective action 4/14/00 |
$20,000 |
2 |
No promotion b/c race;
Award for 4 yrs back pay & promotion; Lack of medical evidence for
emotional distress; $10K non-pecuniary award; Also awarded $95K att'y fees |
|
| 17 |
Adakai v. Front Row Seat Inc., CA 10, No. 96-2249, 10/1/97 |
$23,000 |
1 |
Fired 2 wks into job; Owners insulted Navajo heritage, long hair; ''scuzzy,$18K dam/5K punitive |
$18,000 in actual damages
and $5,000 in punitive damages |
|
| 18 |
Deichman v. Alameda County Medical Center, Calif SuperCt, No. 7434479-9, 11/19/97 |
$25,000 |
3 |
Longtime emplyees had
positions eliminated following a restructuring. White employees; Settled
after 4 witnesses testified |
|
| 19 |
EEOC v. Safeway Inc., E.D. Va., No. 99-1466-A, settled 5/24/00 |
$27,500 |
1 |
30yr ee w. excellent
record fired for buying "distressed" lemon at a reduced 25 cents;
White employees disciplined less severely; Why so low award? |
|
| 20 |
EEOC v. Weiner's Stores, W. D. Tex., No. SA 99 CV1025HG, consent decree signed 5/18/00 |
$48,000 |
1 |
Fired for reasons
whites/hispanics would not be; Company settled w. plaintiff |
|
| 21 |
Wright v. City of East Orange, D. N.J., No. 2:94-CV-00983, 10/6/98 |
$50,000 |
1 |
Mayor said X "last
white chief of police"; New chief was black despite ranked 6th; 5-yr-old
suit; Settlement; Also $106K att'y fees |
|
| 22 |
Sanders v. Alliance Home Health Care Inc., 8th Cir., No. 99-1713WA, 1/27/00 |
$54,000 |
1 |
Reasons for firing not believable; Whites w. similar jobs not disciplined as severely |
Included $20,000 for
attorney fees |
|
| 23 |
EEOC v. Market USA, N.D. Ill., No. 97-C-8515, 9/8/98 |
$62,500 |
1 |
Boss said poor
performance; He said racially harassed by supervisors, told
to use "lighter voice"
telemarketing; treated gang member and drug dealer |
|
| 24 |
EEOC v. Saginaw Quarries Inc., D. Kan., No. 98-CV-2440, 5/5/99 |
$65,000 |
1 |
subjected to racial epithets, stereotypical comments, and other harassing behavior by his co-workers and supervisors |
January 1993 until fired
May 1994 |
|
| 25 |
Hartman v. Bowling Green State University, N.D. Ohio, No. 3-97CV7329, 9/17/98 |
$75,000 |
1 |
Less qualified Black female got job using
special minority fund; ? over Hartman's motives b/c over'qualified;
Settlement; Judge would award $25K emotional distress---no back pay |
|
| 26 |
McRee v. Black & Veatch, Mich. Cir. Ct., No. 98-4522 NO, verdict 5/21/99 |
$82,000 |
1 |
4-yr ee; Bogus reason for
dismissal; Treated differntly after complaint of discrim, her black husband
at christmas party; Few Blacks at job |
|
| 27 |
EEOC v. D.W. Nicholson Corp., S.D. Ind., No. IP 98-0482 C-M/S, 3/15/99 |
$93,000 |
1 |
1-YR ee; multiple
complaints unheeded; Supervisor left hangman's noose; Racial slurs "Ku
Klux Klan are watching you," word "nigger." |
|
| 28 |
Deffenbaugh-Williams v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 5th Cir., No. 97-10685, partially reinstating |
$94,000 |
1 |
Fired for dating
interracially; $19K compensatory; $75 punitive damages |
|
| 29 |
Jackson v. United Dairy Farmers, S.D. Ohio, No. C2-97-1071, verdict 5/2/00 |
$104,000 |
3 |
Quit or forced to quit
b/c race; Denied employment b/c race; $80 compensatory; $24 punitve; Attorney
also got $400K; Mgr used slurs |
|
| 30 |
EEOC v. Peoria's Insurance Car Rentals Inc., N.D. Ill., No. 98 C 8261, consent decree approved |
$110,000 |
3 |
failed to promote to
managerial positions b/c race; Company
would not promote blacks in white areas |
|
| 31 |
U.S. v. Board of Trustees of Illinois State Univ., C.D. Ill., No. 95-3067, 12/22/98 |
$113,000 |
46 |
46 white males were denied opportunity to compete for
janitorial; Began w effort to hire minorities & women |
|
| 32 |
EEOC v. Midwest Express Airlines Inc., DC EWis, No. 97-C-0634, 12/11/97 |
$115,000 |
6 |
Settlement with
confidentiality agreement; Failed to hire and promote blacks for airline
company |
|
| 33 |
EEOC v. Eagle Financial Inc. |
$120,000 |
25 |
had hired no African
American applicants for 10 years; Called blatant and ongoing racism |
|
| 34 |
Reid v. Pena, D.C. Cir., No. 98-5246, motion to dismiss granted 11/16/98 |
$120,000 |
1 |
Given a "temporary
coon ass" certificate by Cajun supervisor; Reid complained to supervisor
but no help; Also gave $110K att'y fees |
|
| 35 |
Goodwin v. MCI Communications Corp., CA 10, No. 96-1096, 2/4/98 |
$122,926 |
1 |
Boss uncomfortable/scared
in presence of blacks and ''disgusted'' by interracial dating of ee; However
Goodwin had sexually harassed a subordinatec |
|
| 36 |
Parker v. Intercity Transit, W.D. Wash., No. 3:98cv5410, verdict 10/4/99 |
$124,805 |
1 |
black fired from
apprenticeship; 8-yr ee; Whites treated differently; $111K emot. distress;
Asked for $86K att'y fees |
|
| 37 |
Delph v. Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. of Paragould Inc., CA 8, No. 96-3909, 12/5/97 |
$125,000 |
1 |
Subjected to a
''barrage'' of racial slurs at work; Supervisors at fault; Constructive
discharged from job; Also $89K for att'y fees; |
|
| 38 |
Gross v. St. Petersburg, M.D. Fla., No. 98-1956-CIV-T-26A, joint motion to dismiss approved |
$135,000 |
2 |
whites denied promotions
under a diversity program resulted
promotion of minorities and women ranking lower |
|
| 39 |
EEOC v. Snack Vending Co., E.D. Ark., No. LR-C-98-834, settled 5/15/00 |
$136,150 |
5 |
Settlement; Robert Storay
and other African American applicants were not hired for route driver jobs |
|
| 40 |
Moore v. KUKA Welding Sys., 6th Cir., No. 97-1734, 3/26/99 |
$140,000 |
1 |
3-yr ee; racially hostile
workforce, where a black welder faced slurs and isolation that eventually led
to his constructive discharge |
|
| 41 |
Agonafer v. Rubin, S.D. N.Y., No. 97 Civ. 5737, 12/4/98 |
$140,000 |
1 |
Allegedly not promoted
because of her poor speech; Bogus reason; Hiring tainted by ER knowledge of
discrim. complaint; Backpay & compensatory |
|
| 42 |
Federal Express Corporation |
$165,000 |
361 |
not considered or hired
for part-time package-handling jobs in the early 1990s because of their race,
the department |
|
| 43 |
Amarillo National Bank |
$196,482 |
169 |
denied entry-level hiring
opportunities in teller and other clerical positions in 1997 |
|
| 44 |
EEOC v. St. Michael Hospital of Franciscan Sisters, Milwaukee Inc., E.D. Wis., No. 96-C-1428, |
$200,000 |
2 |
Fired for racial reasons,
Retaliated against co-worker;$47K back
pay; 21K iinterest. $132Kn compensatory damage |
|
| 45 |
Koski v. Gainer, DC NIll, No. 92C-3293, 4/6/98 |
$205,421 |
7 |
White reverse discrim b/c
affirmative action; retroactive promotions to some officers and other chance
to reapply |
|
| 46 |
Goodwin v. Oklahoma Department of Corrections, E.D. Okla., No. CIV-98-50-S, 9/1/98 |
$210,000 |
1 |
wrongfully discharged in
1997 afterone-year sentence drug possession when Blacks not treated so
harshly |
|
| 47 |
Fredrick v. District of Columbia, D.D.C., No. 1:96CV02093, 5/6/99 |
$227,000 |
3 |
Blacks discriminated for
several years; White officers got better jobs; Good old boy network; |
|
| 48 |
Colbert v. Diamond Broadcasting Inc., W.D. Okla., No. 99 Civ. 68, judgment entered 11/5/99 |
$244,000 |
1 |
Black lost job soon
refusal perform on-air racist skit; $244K punitive; Possible punitive may be
reversed; No wrongful discharge |
|
| 49 |
EEOC v. Abbott Laboratories Inc., E.D. N.C., No. 5:97-CV-969-H1, 7/24/98 |
$250,000 |
13 |
Native American
production employees who allegedly faced a racially hostile work environment
at the company's Rocky Mount |
|
| 50 |
Cross v. Rockford, N.D. Ill., No. 97 C 50201, settlement announced 3/1/99 |
$250,000 |
8 |
workers alleged racial
harassment; Also received $250K in att'y fees |
|
| 51 |
EEOC v. American Nat'l Can Co., E.D.N.C., No. 5:97-CV-130-H(1), consent decree approve |
$275,000 |
class action |
companies subjected black
employees to racist remarks and graffiti as well as a series of racially
hostile incidents in the workplace from 1991 forward |
|
| 52 |
Gauthier v. Glickman, E.D. Va., No. 3:99CV803, offer of judgment approved 7/13/00 |
$300,000 |
1 |
Director made derogatory
comments against white women, denied two promotion; Did not like J.C. Penney
clothes-wearing white women. |
|
| 53 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Danco Inc., U.S., No. 99-434, review denied 1/10/00 |
$300,000 |
1 |
words "White
Supremacy" spray-painted parking
lot, son testified supervisor painted it; Others threatened him "I don't
like your kind" |
|
| 54 |
Pasadena, Calif., municipal government |
$300,000 |
1 |
protested failure to
promote;threatened to fire him if he went publi; hampered his investigations
of ee complaints for retaliation because of race, |
|
| 55 |
Danco Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., D. Maine, No. 97-54-B, 8/5/98 |
$300,000 |
1 |
Award dropped from $600K
to $300K;evidence of racial discrimination--including evidence racial
graffiti remained in a parking lot for several months |
|
| 56 |
Olmsted v. Taco Bell Corp., 11th Cir., No. 97-2223, 5/28/98 |
$310,000 |
1 |
white Taco Bell ee discharged
complaining race discrimination |
$300,000 damage cap under
the Civil Rights Act of 1991 |
|
| 57 |
R&B Falcon Drilling Co. |
$325,000 |
66 |
denied positions as
painters and roustabouts during 1996 and 1997 |
|
| 58 |
Franklin Square Hospital |
$325,000 |
class action |
Hospital's hiring practices were racially discriminatory |
|
| 59 |
Rainey v. County of Ventura, C.D. Cal., No. 96-4492, 3/29/99 |
$350,000 |
5 |
the heart of this case
was hostile work environment based on race and gender |
|
| 60 |
Pegram v. Brandywine Cos., D. Md., No. L-98-3589, complaint dismissed 7/9/99 |
$365,000 |
1 |
worked for Brandywine
10 yrs & fired for poor attendance. only African American counter salesman |
"racially
derogatory and dehumanizing remarks" by the store's manager; racial
epithets and called Pegram "tigger" when he complained, commented
in reference to employees' taking leave for Martin Luther King Jr.'s
birthday, "I wish they'd never killed that son of a booger," and
refused to allow Hispanic employees to use the bathroom inside the store
because he believed they ate large amounts of bean |
| 61 |
Robinson v. City and County of Denver, Colo. Ct. App., No. 98CA2566, 8/17/00 |
$372,525 |
|
racist letters and graffiti appeared on the walls of the
division's building. |
Robinson reported that he
was repeatedly threatened by a white subordinate, but management gave the
employee only a verbal reprimand, he |
|
| 62 |
Kohn v. Minneapolis Fire Department, Minn. Ct. App., No. C5-97-2075, 8/25/98 |
$405,000 |
1 |
City discriminated on
basis of race RE promotion; City's second violation, so, damages trebled
(originally $135,000) |
|
| 63 |
Greene v. Dillingham Construction Co., Cal. Super. Ct., No. 780922-6, verdict 1/10/00 |
$490,000 |
1 |
racial harassment claims
involving a noose left hanging for two months at a San Francisco airport job
site |
|
| 64 |
Bowman v. Fulton County, DC NGa, No. 1:93-CV-1633, 7/25/97 |
$500,000 |
1 |
Dropped from 1.8 M; reverse discrim |
|
| 65 |
Alexander v. Fulton County, Ga., 11th Cir., No. 97-8189, 3/30/00 |
$530,960 |
18 |
"pattern or practice" of
employment discrimination over 2yrs; claimed she selected black officers for
nine out of 10 appointments |
|
| 66 |
Wasserberger v. Charles R. Drew Univ. of Med. and Science, Cal. Super. Ct., No. BC167087, |
$540,000 |
2 |
Passed over for promotion
at LA Watts hospital because not black; Big award b/c these were physicians |
|
| 67 |
Pavon v. Swift Transp. Co., 9th Cir., No. 98-35119, 9/20/99 |
$550,000 |
1 |
Fired when he complained
of verbal abuse by co-worker; Beyond $300K cap b/c 1981 claim;callied
"beaner," "fucking Mexican," "wet back," and
"spic, "go back to Colombia," and threatening to turn him in
to immigration officer |
|
| 68 |
EEOC v. Cornell Abraxas, E.D. Pa., No. 99-CV-3783, stipulation of dismissal 7/28/00 |
$585,000 |
3 |
2 Black ee fired; Subjected to hostile work
environ. b/c race and retaliated against.
School director racial epithets & unfair discipline |
|
| 69 |
Starks v. Minnesota Police Recruitment System, Minn. Dist. Ct., Nos. EM 93-218 and EM 93-219, |
$600,000 |
2 |
Written exam for
candidates was discriminatory; There
was also 400K in attorney fees |
|
| 70 |
Manolakos v. Sills, D. Del., No. 96-582 JJF, 7/20/00 |
$708,000 |
1 |
This award was vacated on appeal! |
|
| 71 |
Manolakos v. Sills, D. Del., No. 96-582, verdict 3/15/99 |
$708,000 |
1 |
Demoted and ordered to
evaluate her secretly and to place her on probation |
|
| 72 |
Williams v. First Cash Financial Servs. Inc., D.C. Super. Ct., No. 98-3567, verdict 2/14/00 |
$725,000 |
1 |
Fired abruptly January
1998 after 8yrs as manager of the Famous Pawnshop in the predominately white
Georgetown; ER wanted whites in white areas |
|
| 73 |
Huckabay v. Jefferson County Precinct Four, E.D. Tex., No. 1:96cv272, 9/25/98 |
$750,000 |
1 |
Pattern and practice of
discrimination based on race; Atty fees on top of this; Went from 8 white and 6 African American to 3 white & 11 African
American |
changed the racial
composition of his staff . Several white employees were demoted despite their
proven skills and qualifications |
|
| 74 |
Jefferies v. International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, W.D. Wash., No. |
$800,000 |
15 |
alleged race
discrimination in job assignments and promotions, as well as racial slurs and
retaliation |
|
| 75 |
Hopp v. Pittsburgh, 3d Cir., No. 98-3411, consent order signed 11/29/99 |
$850,000 |
9 |
reverse discrimination
claims against the city of Pittsburgh will begin their training at the police
academy |
|
| 76 |
Hopp v. Pittsburgh, 3d Cir., No. 98-3411, 10/14/99 |
$850,000 |
9 |
nine white men because of
their race in selecting experienced police officers for hire |
|
| 77 |
Martinez v. Village of Mount Prospect, N.D. Ill., No. 96 C 6027, settlement reached 3/3/00 |
$900,000 |
3 |
Discriminated against
& targeting Hispanic motorists for traffic violations; Racial slurs;
Disparate treatment as to jobs & discipline including dismissal of one
officer |
|
| 78 |
Bumphus v. Timec Corp., N.D. Cal., No. C-96-03585 SI, 6/17/98 |
$903,887 |
1 |
his employer destroyed his race discrimination complaint and fired him in retaliation for making it |
$298,000 for lost past
and future wages, $105,000 for emotional distress, and $500,000 in punitive
damages |
|
| 79 |
Curry v. Morgan Stanley & Co., S.D.N.Y., No. 99 Civ. 4035, settlement 9/15/00 |
$1,000,000 |
1 |
fired in April 1998
because he is black. He also said he was fired because the company wrongly
thought he was gay after naked pictures of him appeared in a homosexual
magazine |
|
| 80 |
Clifton v. MBTA, Mass. Super. Ct., No. CA-02686, 2/3/00 |
$1,000,000 |
1 |
16-year employee,
$500,000 for pain and suffering and $5 million in punitive damages after it
found the transit agency had subjected him to verbal and physical harassment
and retaliated against him for filing complaints |
|
| 81 |
FINA Inc. |
$1,000,000 |
14 |
disparate treatment
against African American, Hispanic, and Native American employees in
promotions, training, and discipline |
|
| 82 |
EEOC v. Oak Lawn Ltd., N.D. Ill., No. 96 C 0959, 5/29/98 |
$1,000,000 |
class action |
hiring practices |
|
| 83 |
Gantt v. The Martin-Brower Co., DC SFla, No. 97-6233-CIV-Zloch, 3/9/98 |
$1,000,000 |
4 |
unlawfully been denied promotions because of their race |
Besides this punitive
award, back pay in amounts ranging from $1,080 to $2,720. Two of the
plaintiffs also received awards of $30,000 each for pain and suffering. |
|
| 84 |
EEOC v. Mondrian Hotel, C.D. Cal., No. CV-99-00987 GAF, settled 8/2/00 |
$1,080,000 |
9 |
mostly minority workers
were terminated because they did not fit the Mondrian Hotel's desired image |
|
| 85 |
Dickson v. Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co., Ohio Ct. Common Pleas, No. 328680, verdict |
$1,250,000 |
1 |
black female television
news producer was awarded $1.25 million in damages Nov. 30 by an Ohio jury
that found she was fired because of her race |
|
| 86 |
Absolu v. County of Westchester, S.D.N.Y., No. 97-Civ.-2974, settlement approved 7/9/99 |
$1,300,000 |
206 |
Although privatization is
neutral on its face, the policy has had an adverse impact against individual
employees of the county of African descent (black) and Hispanic national
origin |
|
| 87 |
Granderson v. Spartan Stores Inc., Mich CirCt, No. 95-1699-NZ, 12/30/97 |
$1,300,000 |
4 |
incidents of harassment that included co-workers writing ''die nigger die'' on one employee's locker and the display
of a hangman's noose in the Byron Center, Mich |
1995 alleged incidents of racial harassment
going back to 1992 |
|
| 88 |
Birmingham Reverse Discrimination Employment Litigation, In re, N.D. Ala., No |
$1,400,000 |
22 |
half of firefighters'
positions and promotions to officer rank were set aside for African
Americans. A group of white firefighters alleged that the decree's
affirmative action plan resulted in illegal reverse discrimination by denying
them jobs and promotions. |
|
| 89 |
Gilmer v. IBM, Mich. Cir. Ct., No. 94-481460-CZ, verdict 11/22/99 |
$1,480,000 |
1 |
denied promotions because of his race |
|
| 90 |
Starkes v. Florida Bd. of Regents, M.D. Fla., No. 98-669-CIV-T-25B, verdict 10/7/99 |
$1,500,000 |
1 |
denied a pay raise because of her race and then fired from her administrative job at the University of South
Florida in retaliation for filing a federal discrimination charge |
This is not a case of discrimination,
but rather one in which an employee did not get a raise that she requested
and subsequently abandoned her job after being on a medical leave for more
than one year. After being cleared by her doctor to return to work, she did
not return |
30 years of intermittent
employment at USF, the past seven full-time |
|
| 91 |
Ross v. Kansas City Power and Light Co., W.D. Mo., No. 98-0674-CV-W-3, verdict 7/3/00 |
$1,516,000 |
1 |
denied promotions on at least five occasions because he is black. |
It awarded him $16,000 in actual damages
and $1.5 million in punitive damages, |
made "repeated
attempts" to get a promotion and proffered evidence of "widespread
inequities of promotional opportunities |
|
| 92 |
Bostic-Evans v. Port Authority of N.Y. & N. J., D. N.J., No. 95-5094KSH, verdict 8/12/99 |
$1,800,000 |
1 |
black 20-year employee of
the Port Authority for New York and New Jersey who alleged she was repeatedly
passed over for promotion |
|
| 93 |
Alexander v. Local 496, Laborers' Int'l Union of N. Am., 6th Cir., No. 96-3806, 4/30/99 |
$1,800,000 |
52 |
enforced the
working-in-the-calling rule to exclude prospective members who were black,
according to the Sixth Circuit. The local regularly waived the requirement
for white applicants |
|
| 94 |
Molieri v. South San Francisco Police Dep't, Cal. Super. Ct., No. 399497, 7/28/99 |
$1,900,000 |
1 |
singled out for harsher treatment than white officers and were subjected to racial jokes and slurs. Police officers
engaged in racial profiling of citizens, who also were the subject of racist
slur |
officers refused to back
him up in emergencies, including one in which a parolee grabbed his gun,
according to Schneider. A citizen eventually assisted Molieri |
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| 95 |
Black Probation Officers Ass'n v. Los Angeles County, C.D. Cal., No. CV-94-3432 (CAS), |
$2,000,000 |
class action |
discriminated against
black officers in its promotion process |
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| 96 |
McGraw v. Washington, Wash. Super. Ct., No. 98-2-29255, 5/22/00). |
$2,000,000 |
1 |
race was a major factor
in his termination and that his employer defamed him |
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| 97 |
Black Probation Officers Ass'n v. Los Angeles County, C.D. Cal., No. CV-94-3432 (CAS), |
$2,000,000 |
class action |
county's probation
department discriminated against black officers in its promotion process |
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| 98 |
Smith v. Nello L. Teer Co., N.C. Super. Ct., No. 97 CVS 2107, appeal filed 12/22/98 |
$2,000,000 |
1 |
fired because of his race |
In June 1995, he was promoted to
foreman trainee of the curb-and-gutter crew at $12 an hour, but was not given
the proper materials to do the job effectively, according to his complaint.
Smith claimed that white supervisors were supplied with trucks and radios but
he was not, and that white employees received other work privileges that he
was denied |
shutting down its
curb-and-gutter operation and it laid off Smith and his three African
American crew members. The company, however, had bought a new curb-and-gutter
truck and hired white and Hispanic workers to replace Smith's crew, according
to the complaint. Smith alleged that he was subjected to racial slurs, given
a sham promotion, and ultimately fired |
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| 99 |
EEOC v. Pacific Maritime Ass'n, C.D. Cal., No. CV 00-01516 DT JWJx, proposed consent decree |
$2,750,000 |
class action |
administer a hiring test
that discriminates against minority candidates for |
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| 100 |
McNier v. Trustees of California State Univ., Cal. Super. Ct., No. 986713, 3/26/99 |
$2,750,000 |
1 |
retaliated against plaintiff Howard McNier by reducing his hours, classes, and pay after he filed charges of race
discrimination |
Wallace had stated that
he did not want to hire a white male instructor for the tenure-track opening.
At trial, Wallace, who is black, denied making those statement |
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| 101 |
EEOC and Supercuts Inc.; EEOC and Supercuts Inc. |
$3,500,000 |
50 |
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| 102 |
McFadden v. Arkansas State Hospital, E.D. Ark., No. LR-C-78-153, 12/9/98 |
$3,600,000 |
class action |
applied three times for
promotions at the state hospital but that each time, the hospital promoted a
white employee who was no more qualified than |
|
| 103 |
Royal v. ARAMARK Corp., E.D Pa., No. 97-CV-6226, fairness hearing 7/14/99 |
$3,750,000 |
300 |
denied equal treatment
with respect to pay, promotions, scheduling accommodations, and discipline,
in violation |
|
| 104 |
Gibson v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Tex. Dist. Ct., No. 236165928-96, verdict 12/4/00 |
$4,000,000 |
4 yrs |
Nigger why don't you
quit, Loya said. The plaintiff was the only African American in his section
that prepared and painted helicopters and blades |
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| 105 |
Clifton v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth., Mass. Super. Ct., CA-02686, 9/17/99 |
$5,500,000 |
1 |
black transit foreman who
claimed he had endured nearly a decade of racial harassment from his
supervisors |
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| 106 |
Thomas v. Albright, U.S., No. 98-326, review denied 11/30/98; Fields v. Albright, U.S., No. |
$5,900,000 |
class action |
alleging racially
discriminatory employment practices and retaliation. |
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| 107 |
Allen v. Thorn Americas Inc., d/b/a Rent-A-Center), W.D. Mo., No. 97-1159-CV-W-SOW, |
$6,750,000 |
class action |
discriminating against
African Americans in hiring, pay, and promotions, and with maintaining a
racially hostile work environment |
|
| 108 |
Alexander v. Pennzoil Co., S.D. Tex., No. H96-2653, settlement 11/2/98 |
$6,750,000 |
class action |
in pay and promotions |
|
| 109 |
McLaurin v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), D.D.C., No. 98 CV 2019, 10/25/99 |
$8,000,000 |
class action |
discriminated against
African Americans in selection for management jobs, pay, promotion, and other
job actions |
|
| 110 |
McLaurin v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), D.D.C., No. 98 CV 2019, consent decree filed |
$8,000,000 |
class action |
discriminated against
African Americans in selection for management jobs, pay, promotion, and other
job actions |
|
| 111 |
McLaurin v. National R.R. Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), D.D.C., No. 98CV2019, settlement 7/1/99 |
$8,000,000 |
class action |
modify its employment practices to settle
class claims of race discrimination against African American managers and
professionals |
|
| 112 |
Middleton v. Publix Super Markets, M.D. Fla., No. 97-760-CIV-T-25(E), consent decree filed 12/29/00 |
$10,500,000 |
class action |
|
| 113 |
Buttram v. United Parcel Serv., N.D. Cal., No. C-97-01590, 4/9/99 |
$12,100,000 |
class action |
discrimination in
promotions and racially hostile work environments (8 EDR 620, 5/7/97).
Workers alleged they endured racist graffiti and slurs and were |
|
| 114 |
Carter v. United Parcel Serv. of Am. Inc., N.D. Cal., No. C-97-01590, 1/18/99 |
$12,100,000 |
class action |
discriminated against African American
employees in pay, promotions, and job assignments |
|
| 115 |
Williams v. Boeing Co., W.D. Wash., No. C98-761C, settlement approved 9/30/99 |
$14,200,000 |
class action |
racially discriminated in
promotions, training, transfers, discharge, |
|
| 116 |
Williams v. Boeing Co., W.D. Wash., No. C98-761C, 1/25/99 |
$15,000,000 |
264 |
|
| 117 |
Thornton v. National R.R. Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), D.D.C., No. 1:98-CV-00890, tentative |
$16,000,000 |
class action |
greed to a broad series
of "substantive employment policy changes" to protect workers
against discrimination, |
|
| 118 |
Tucker v. Walgreen Co., S.D. Ill., No. 05-cv-440, consent decree approved 3/24/08 |
$24,400,000 |
class action |
discriminated against
black retail & pharmacy mgt ee by assigning to particular stores,denying
promotion based on race. |
|
| 119 |
Williams v. CSX Transp. Inc., N.D. Ala., No. CV94-C-553-5, settlement final 1/29/99). |
$25,000,000 |
class action |
establish training and promotion programs
for African American employees and to review its employment testing
procedures |
|
| 120 |
Carroll v. Interstate Brands Corp., Cal. Super. Ct., No. 995728, 10/6/00 |
$27,340,000 |
17 |
denying promotions on the basis of race and
allowing a racially hostile work environment |
|
| 121 |
Reynolds v. Roberts, 11th Cir., No. 97-6349, 2/2/00 |
$34,700,000 |
class action |
|
| 122 |
Carroll v. Interstate Brands Co., Cal. Super. Ct., No. 995728, verdict 8/2/00; Bryant v. Interstate |
$132,357,500 |
21 |
assigned black workers
the worst jobs, subjected them to racial slurs, and passed them over for
promotions |
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| 123 |
Roberts v. Texaco, S.D.N.Y., No. 94-2015, 8/2/99 |
$172,000,000 |
class action |
|
| 124 |
Abdallah v. Coca-Cola Co., N.D. Ga., No. 1:98-CV-3679, settlement |
$192,500,000 |
class action |
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