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11Sep

Employers’ Non-Action Resulted in $1.6 Million Awarded in Harassment Claim

A Los Angeles jury awarded a black former UCLA phlebotomist nearly $1.6 million in damages for being subjected to racial harassment by co-workers. Birden v. The Regents of the University of California, No. BC6681389 (Los Angeles Superior Court May...
By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/employers-non-action-resulted-in-1-6-19782/

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