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Software giant to pay $97 million; Microsoft settles temp lawsuit.(Vizcaino vs. Microsoft; Hughes vs. Microsoft)(Brief Article)
Business Insurance, December, 2000 by GREENWALD, JUDY
REDMOND, Wash.--Microsoft Corp. will pay $97 million to settle an eight-year old dispute with temporary workers over whether they are entitled to benefits. The agreement affects about 8,000 to 12,000 workers who worked for Microsoft after December 1986, according to plaintiffs law firm Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong in Seattle, which said in a statement that the settlement is the largest to date in a temporary worker class-action case.
The two cases involved are Vizcaino vs. Microsoft and Hughes vs. Microsoft. The lengthy litigation in these cases has included three decisions by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and two refusals by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case, the most recent in January. ``We're obviously pleased to reach an...
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