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Thread #114835 Message #2464591
Posted By: Riginslinger
13-Oct-08 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Sarah Palin Bailout Date Contest???
Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin Bailout Date Contest???
Okay, TIA, here's one, though these are men. The two I recall were women, but I don't have time to look for them now.
SUMMARY: Former Philadelphia School District Employees Win $2.96 Million "Reverse" Race Discrimination Verdict
Philadelphia, PA (Dec. 20, 2005) -- After battling for equal rights for almost three years, four white men, all of them former purchasing managers of the School District of Philadelphia, won vindication and a $2.96 million verdict on claims of "reverse" race discrimination and retaliation in a jury verdict entered in federal court today.
The verdict -- believed to be one of the largest "reverse" discrimination awards ever in Pennsylvania -- was a resounding rejection of claims by the School District and its Chief Procurement Officer Kimberly Sangster, also a defendant, that the terminations were due to business reasons and not race discrimination. Three of the four plaintiffs - Robert Johnston of Philadelphia, Jack Zubris of Holland, Pa., and Edward Pilosi of Bala Cynwyd -- also will be reinstated to comparable jobs at the School District, pursuant to an order entered today by Judge Harvey Bartle III of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Phila Schools Index: * Summary News: Philly Inquirer 12-20-05 News: Law.Com 12-21-05 Lawyer for Plaintiffs TABLE: Amount of Award
The fourth plaintiff, Peter Bracchi, formerly of Philadelphia, has moved to Florida and was awarded front pay of $243,000, instead of reinstatement.