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Bias suit against Wal-Mart gets class action status.(News)
Business Insurance, June, 2004
Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS SAN FRANCISCO-Last week's federal court ruling granting class-action status to a suit charging Wal-Mart Stores Inc. with gender discrimination could significantly increase the liability of companies facing bias suits, employment lawyers say. If the decision stands, employers found guilty in discrimination cases could face huge punitive damages awards, they say.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Martin J. Jenkins in San Francisco to certify the case as a class action ignores previous decisions on punitive damages and is only the first stage of what is likely to be a protracted case, the attorneys say. Judge Jenkins' 84-page ruling states that plaintiffs suing Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart are entitled to injunctive relief and...
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