Post by Logan on Apr 26, 2017 6:18:24 GMT -6
MARSHALL — A federal jury in Marshall has ruled in favor of a Kilgore mail carrier in her discrimination lawsuit, determining she was fired in November 2012 for reporting a black supervisor was mistreating white employees.
The mail carrier, Kimberly Cox, was awarded $250,000 in damages for mental and emotional distress.
"My client never wants to go through seven and a half months of not knowing what's going to happen to your job just because she told them there was a problem on the work room floor (that) you must take care of," Cox's attorney, Rebecca Fisher, told jurors.
"If something occurs that you believe is discrimination (whether age, gender or race), you are to report it to the chain of command," Fisher said. "She did what she thought was the right thing."
Read more: www.news-journal.com/news/2017/apr/22/mail-carrier-wins-lawsuit/ (Longview News-Journal)
The mail carrier, Kimberly Cox, was awarded $250,000 in damages for mental and emotional distress.
"My client never wants to go through seven and a half months of not knowing what's going to happen to your job just because she told them there was a problem on the work room floor (that) you must take care of," Cox's attorney, Rebecca Fisher, told jurors.
"If something occurs that you believe is discrimination (whether age, gender or race), you are to report it to the chain of command," Fisher said. "She did what she thought was the right thing."
Read more: www.news-journal.com/news/2017/apr/22/mail-carrier-wins-lawsuit/ (Longview News-Journal)