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Black women's book club settles lawsuit with California wine train company
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:59am EDT
Black women's book club settles lawsuit with California wine train company
BY BRENDAN O'BRIEN
Eleven women have reached a settlement with a California wine train company they sued for $11 million for racial discrimination after they were kicked off the train for being too loud, their lawyer said on Monday.
Members of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge Book Club came to an "amicable settlement" with the Napa Valley Wine Train company on Thursday, six months after filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Northern California, their attorney Waukeen McCoy said.
"We hope that other businesses learn from this case and implement diversity and sensitivity training for employees," McCoy said in an email to Reuters.
McCoy did not disclose the terms of the settlement.
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Black women's book club settles lawsuit with California wine train company
BY BRENDAN O'BRIEN
Eleven women have reached a settlement with a California wine train company they sued for $11 million for racial discrimination after they were kicked off the train for being too loud, their lawyer said on Monday.
Members of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge Book Club came to an "amicable settlement" with the Napa Valley Wine Train company on Thursday, six months after filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Northern California, their attorney Waukeen McCoy said.
"We hope that other businesses learn from this case and implement diversity and sensitivity training for employees," McCoy said in an email to Reuters.
McCoy did not disclose the terms of the settlement.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-wine-idUSKCN0XG0CD
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ago when it happened and now $!! Million bucks later!
I am so happy for them.. thank you, Eugene.. it was disgraceful the way they were treated and evidently the jury thought so, too.
Black Women’s Book Club Wins $11 Million Racial Lawsuit Against Napa Wine Tour
The women of the book club, Sisters on the Reading Edge, boarded a train in Napa on August 22nd. Like most women that get together with their girlfriends, they were laughing and having a great time.
http://askkissy.com/2016/04/black-womens-book-club-wins-11-million-racial-lawsuit-against-napa-wine-tour/#ixzz46Ri0LfAz
