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County told to pay $7.6 million for hospital retaliation (access required)

Published: December 15, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: November 3, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: November 2, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: October 17, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: October 14, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: September 2, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: August 18, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: August 4, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: August 2, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: July 20, 2011

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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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