Archive for the 'Discrimination lawsuit' Category



Gallup files suit against Honeyfield (The Gallup Independent)

Saturday 8 November 2008 @ 1:12 am

GALLUP — City officials meant what they said when they warned former City Manager Eric Honeyfield that he’d face a lawsuit if he continued to press a charge of discrimination against the city.




Woman files civil rights lawsuit against Fort Pierce car dealership (Fort Pierce Tribune)

Saturday 8 November 2008 @ 12:18 am

A woman who claims she suffered years of discrimination, sexual harassment and unfair treatment before being fired from her job at Bev Smith Toyota has filed a federal civil rights violation lawsuit against the Fort Pierce car dealership.




Officer Awarded $150,000 in Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit (KFDM Beaumont)

Friday 7 November 2008 @ 11:58 pm

A federal jury in Beaumont has awarded damages to a Beaumont police officer who filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the department. Officer Tina Lewallen had claimed the administration of the police department passed her over for promotions because she is a woman.




Federal jury finds Beaumont discriminated against female police officer (Beaumont Enterprise)

Friday 7 November 2008 @ 7:06 pm

A federal jury today found in favor of Beaumont Police Officer Tina Lewallen in her gender discrimination lawsuit against the city of Beaumont.




Persistent plaintiff loses latest lawsuit (CBC Prince Edward Island)

Friday 7 November 2008 @ 2:07 pm

Noel Ayangma, who has filed at least 31 lawsuits on P.E.I., has lost a claim alleging discrimination by the Island’s French school board.




Discrimination charge to be filed by former Pembroke Hospital worker (Pembroke Mariner & Reporter)

Friday 7 November 2008 @ 1:10 pm

A former Pembroke Hospital employee will file a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, alleging that she was fired because she is black and because she was one of the whistle-blowers who reported sexual contact between a co-worker and a patient.




City continues defense today in cop lawsuit (Beaumont Enterprise)

Thursday 6 November 2008 @ 11:06 pm

Failing to convince a federal judge to toss an officer’s discrimination lawsuit, the city of Beaumont will continue presenting its case that Officer Tina Lewallen was not the victim of gender discrimination at the Beaumont Police Department.




Oceanfront bar claims discrimination by Va. Beach task force (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)

Thursday 6 November 2008 @ 6:05 pm

NORFOLK – A Va. Beach Oceanfront bar is in U.S. District Court in Norfolk claiming discrimination against the City of Va. Beach. Hammerheads contends the city’s task force and police target businesses, specifically along Atlantic Avenue between 21st and 22nd streets.




Renter alleges discrimination (The Argus Leader)

Thursday 6 November 2008 @ 3:09 am

A Sioux Falls couple is accused of housing discrimination in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls. The lawsuit, filed against Phyllis and Richard Rogers and their company - Triple R Industries - claims that Phyllis Rogers told a new tenant of 117 N. Trapp Ave. No. 7 in June 2007 that she and her husband didn’t rent to Africans or individuals with children. A month later, …




Bias lawsuit settled by Apollo Group (Tucson Citizen)

Wednesday 5 November 2008 @ 12:51 pm

Apollo Group Inc. has agreed to pay $1.89 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination against non-Mormon employees at its University of Phoenix Online division.




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