County told to pay $7.6 million for hospital retaliation 
Published: December 15, 2011
Tags: gender discrimination, hospital, Illinois, racial discrimination, retaliation
Cook County, Ill. and its former chairman of pathology have been told to pay a physician $7.6 million for retaliating against her after she filed a federal lawsuit claiming racial and gender discrimination.
District settles racial discrimination suit for $450,000
Published: November 3, 2011
Tags: Illinois, racial discrimination, school
A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Peoria, Ill. District 150 filed nearly two years ago has been settled for a sum of $450,000.
Man awarded $1 million in discrimination suit against life insurance company
Published: November 2, 2011
Tags: Discrimination, Michigan, racial discrimination, reverse discrimination
A 45-year-old Laingsburg man was awarded more than $1 million after winning a reverse discrimination lawsuit against Jackson National Life Insurance Co.
Trucking firm sued for discrimination
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: California, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, racial discrimination, racial harassment
A California-based trucking firm operating in 11 Western states is being sued for discrimination and harassment of nonwhite employees, mostly drivers.
City and two women settle discrimination case dating to 1990s
Published: October 14, 2011
Tags: Massachusetts, racial discrimination
The city of Cambridge, Ma. and two women have announced they have settled a workplace- discrimination case that began in the late 1990s, a long-running battle that already has cost the city millions of dollars in a related case.
Two pathologists agree to settle racial discrimination case
Published: September 2, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Indiana, racial discrimination
Two forensic pathologists who accused former Marion County, Ind. Coroner Kenneth Ackles of racism have accepted a $630,000 settlement offer from the city.
Firefighters discrimination lawsuit settled
Published: August 18, 2011
Tags: class action, firefighters, Illinois, racial discrimination
A federal judge has ordered the City of Chicago to hire more than 100 African-Americans as firefighters, and pay thousands of others cash payments, as part of a settlement.
Company to pay $540,000 to settle discrimination claims
Published: August 4, 2011
Tags: gender discrimination, Pennsylvania, racial discrimination
Federal officials say an Alcoa subsidiary in central Pennsylvania will pay more than $540,000 to settle claims that it discriminated against minorities and women.
State and feds settle case over police discrimination
Published: August 2, 2011
Tags: Department of Justice, DOJ, New Jersey, police, racial discrimination
New Jersey and the federal government have reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging the state discriminated against black and Hispanic police officers.
Ex-owner of hotel settles race discrimination class action
Published: July 20, 2011
Tags: hotel, Pennsylvania, racial discrimination
Former owners and operators of the Lancaster Host Resort & Conference Center have agreed to pay $675,000 to a predominantly black church to settle claims that it denied parishioners rooms because of their race, court records show.
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