NewsApril 7, 2002
$30.6 million given in grocery suit
SAN DIEGO -- A jury has awarded $30.6 million to six women who alleged they were subject to violent behavior and sexual harassment by a store director at Ralphs Grocery Co. The plaintiffs on Friday were awarded $5 million each in punitive damages and a total of $550,000 for pain and suffering, said Philip Kay, a San Francisco lawyer who represented the employees...
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO -- A jury has awarded $30.6 million to six women who alleged they were subject to violent behavior and sexual harassment by a store director at Ralphs Grocery Co.
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The plaintiffs on Friday were awarded $5 million each in punitive damages and a total of $550,000 for pain and suffering, said Philip Kay, a San Francisco lawyer who represented the employees.
"Women who work in this type of position need to be protected," Kay said Saturday. "This will send a message to companies that they must not tolerate this kind of action any further."
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