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In unrelated incidents, two former employees of the University of Pennsylvania have filed lawsuits against the school, both claiming they were the victims of discrimination while working there.
One lawsuit was filed by Lucretia Nelson, a U.S. citizen of Liberian descent, who worked at the University’s Medical Center as a certified nursing assistant from June 1989 […]

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Whitehall, a jewelers located in Fairfield, California recently settled a religious discrimination suit out of court. Plaintiff Shereen Attia filed the suit in July 2007 after being turned down for a job, allegedly because she wears a head scarf. Attia claims that she had previously worked at another jewlers owned by Whitehall until she lost […]

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A restaurant in Winder, Ga., agreed to pay out $135,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of several black employees who were allegedly treated unfairly because of race. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the general manager of Krystal Restaurant, owned by New Capital Dimensions, allegedly ordered three […]

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A former shuttle bus driver at the Salt Lake City International Airport has filed suit against his former employer, alleging that he was mistreated and fired due to his religious beliefs.
Bill Riordan, a member of the National Spiritualist Church, claims that his supervisor had made several derogatory and insulting comments about his religion in front […]

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