Jury awards $61 million to two FedEx drivers

[directfiesta]

SAN FRANCISCO - A jury awarded $61 million to two FedEx Ground drivers of Lebanese descent who claimed a manager harassed them with racial slurs for two years.

Edgar Rizkallah, 43, and Kamil Issa, 36, both of Pleasanton, said in the discrimination lawsuit they were called ?terrorists,? ?camel jockeys? and other epithets in 1999 and 2000 by Stacy Shoun, terminal manager for the Oakland FedEx Ground facility where the two men were contract drivers.

An Alameda County Superior Court jury on Friday awarded the men $50 million in punitive damages, on top of $11 million in compensatory damages the jury awarded them on May 24, a lawyer for the plaintiffs and a FedEx Ground spokesman said Saturday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13132754/

Makes me wonder ... hummmmm..... could I sue GFY ( Playboy ) ....

[polish_aristocrat]

thats one of the reasons the world doesnt understand and hates America

[wedouglas]

That isn't worth 61 million. What bullshit.

[WiredGuy]

That seems really excessive for some racial slurs to me.
WG

[Dirty F]

Someone call me nig ger please and then post your name + address.

[bknoob]

Damn!...

[Your Mothers Secret]

Someone call me nig ger please and then post your name + address.

--->

you jiggie boo
jungle bunny

GW Bush
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC

[directfiesta]

That seems really excessive for some racial slurs to me.
WG

To me too ... 30 million would sound better ....

These jury awards are getting so far fetch, off he field ... Naturally, FedEx will appeal ....

Like, let say the guy earns 40K a year. He has another 25 years to wok. That makes an income of 1 million $.
Even that would be generous... Got a cool Million, plus you can work at something else ...
Anyway ...

[polish_aristocrat]

can such stuff be arranged? like you get a job in big corpopration, then get "discriminated" by your friends for being black, then you sue the corporation and get 20 Million from the court... and then you share it with your fiend who got fired and you're both set for life? ;)

[directfiesta]

you jiggie boo
jungle bunny

GW Bush
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC

Defense of GW: How could I have called him a n...gger ? I can't read it or spell it, even less pronounce it ....

[tenderobject]

what happened to stacy shoun?

[directfiesta]

can such stuff be arranged? like you get a job in big corpopration, then get "discriminated" by your friends for being black, then you sue the corporation and get 20 Million from the court... and then you share it with your fiend who got fired and you're both set for life? ;)

.. in other words: an AFFILIATE program ...

[QuaWee]

Its probably going to get appealed and the dollar ammount wil be lowered. But, damn that sure is a fucked up situtation

[Well Dunn]

you jiggie boo
jungle bunny

GW Bush
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC

What address is that? The security shack next door or what? Or are you just a retard by nature?

[Michael O]

That seems really excessive for some racial slurs to me.
WG

In Denmark they would have been awarded $10K - $30K
That is a bit on the lowside of what I would think is reasonable.

[Tdog]

Stuff like this creates more and more scams.

[DaddyHalbucks]

Yipes! That is ALOT of money!!

[GatorB]

That isn't worth 61 million. What bullshit.

It will get reduced on appeal dipshit. Why do people get their panties in a wad over jury awards when one EVER has gotten those insane amounts EVER.

[BoyAlley]

I bet the jury was comprised of 12 sand n1ggers......

[Manowar]

thats fucking insane

[Love Sex]

they never see any of that, they won the case against a single manager now they have to go against the company

[GatorB]

I bet the jury was comprised of 12 sand n1ggers......

Any group of arabs of 12 or more would be arrested and sent to Cuba under suspicion of terrorism.

[MetaMan]

i am suing, those fucking pakis parked their carpet in my parking spot.

[Your Mothers Secret]

What address is that? The security shack next door or what? Or are you just a retard by nature?

excuse me Mr. Geography major,,,

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

now you may continue slurping on your geography teachers nutsack