A federal court jury in Denver said Yellow Freight Systems, a Kansas-based trucking company, should pay a black truck driver $3.3 million for racial discrimination,
according to the Associated Press.
The jury said Yellow Freight Systems' actions were malicious or "taken with reckless indifference." Matthew J. Antoine, the 42-year old plaintiff, was awarded $3 million in punitive damages and $300,000 for emotional distress.
After delivering the verdict in Denver's U.S. District Court, several jurors walked up to the father of four and shook his hand. "I don't understand how he has continued to work there," juror Nancy Caddoo told the AP.
Yellow Freight's Denver attorney, William Schoeberlein, said the company is disappointed with the verdict. "We strongly disagree with it," said Schoeberlein, who maintained during the three-day trial that the company has a strict policy against racial harassment.
Antoine, who earns about $45,000 a year at Yellow Freight, claimed he was subjected to years of racial slurs from his white co-workers and supervisors at the company's northeast Denver distribution terminal.
He endured two firings, only to be reinstated with full back pay after his union intervened.
according to the Associated Press.
The jury said Yellow Freight Systems' actions were malicious or "taken with reckless indifference." Matthew J. Antoine, the 42-year old plaintiff, was awarded $3 million in punitive damages and $300,000 for emotional distress.
After delivering the verdict in Denver's U.S. District Court, several jurors walked up to the father of four and shook his hand. "I don't understand how he has continued to work there," juror Nancy Caddoo told the AP.
Yellow Freight's Denver attorney, William Schoeberlein, said the company is disappointed with the verdict. "We strongly disagree with it," said Schoeberlein, who maintained during the three-day trial that the company has a strict policy against racial harassment.
Antoine, who earns about $45,000 a year at Yellow Freight, claimed he was subjected to years of racial slurs from his white co-workers and supervisors at the company's northeast Denver distribution terminal.
He endured two firings, only to be reinstated with full back pay after his union intervened.
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