Kentucky 陪審/陪審員団 awards $5.3M in UPS 差別 訴訟

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ― Eight 黒人/ボイコット men won a $5.3 million 陪審/陪審員団 award Thursday in a 訴訟 over (人命などを)奪う,主張するs that they 耐えるd a 敵意を持った work 環境 at UPS in Lexington, Kentucky, and that an effigy of a 黒人/ボイコット UPS driver was hung from a 天井.

The Lexington 先触れ(する)-Leader (http://bit.ly/1ScQ156 ) 報告(する)/憶測s a Fayette 郡 回路・連盟 法廷,裁判所 陪審/陪審員団 also 設立する UPS 差別するd against one of the eight and that the company 報復するd against two men after they complained.

UPS is disappointed with the 決定/判定勝ち(する) and is considering 控訴,上告 選択s, Susan Rosenberg, spokeswoman at 法人組織の/企業の (警察,軍隊などの)本部 in Atlanta, told The Associated 圧力(をかける) by telephone on Thursday.

"UPS has strict 政策s against いやがらせ and 差別," Rosenberg said. "We 増強する that. There's no 報復 if 従業員s raise 関心s."

When the 控訴 was とじ込み/提出するd in 2014, a UPS spokeswoman said the 模造の was part of safety training for drivers and not ーするつもりであるd to 感情を害する/違反する anyone.

The 判決 was returned Thursday after about eight hours of 審議s.

The 陪審/陪審員団 awarded $1.5 million for emotional and mental 苦しめる to William Barber; $1 million to David Young; $810,000 to Glenn Jackson; $800,000 to John Hughes; $500,000 each to Jeffrey 血の塊/突き刺す and Donald Ragland; and $100,000 each to Curtis 天候s and Lamont Brown.

There was 証言 and 証拠 that an effigy of a 黒人/ボイコット UPS driver was hun g from the 天井 for four days. The 訴訟 said a UPS 経営者/支配人 made a 模造の in a UPS uniform that hung from the 天井 from Aug. 9-13, 2012.

The 模造の's 手渡すs and one foot were tied to a ladder to 論証する the "three points of 接触する" that 従業員s should have when using a ladder. Twine was tied around the 模造の's neck and to the 天井. The 訴訟 says UPS (人命などを)奪う,主張するd that was to "妨げる the 模造の from 落ちるing 今後."

Luke Morgan, one of the 原告/提訴人s' lawyers, said there was also 証言 about 人種上 敵意を持った words used in the workplace.

Barber, 血の塊/突き刺す, Hughes, Young and 天候s continue to work for UPS, Morgan said.

Rosenberg said they have continued working while the 論争 went through the 法廷,裁判所s.

"We value their experience, their 業績/成果, their attention to service, and we 推定する/予想する that from all 従業員s," she said.

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(警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) from: Lexington 先触れ(する)-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com

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