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Horning Brothers Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $525K

- October 18, 2018

Earlier this week, Horning Brothers, a vegetable-packing house in Grant County, Washington agreed to pay $525,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed a “supervisor groped, propositioned and retaliated against female workers over a period of years.” The suit was filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the settlement agreement was announced yesterday. According to Ferguson, the settlement is “believed to be the largest civil-rights resolution for the state in Washington history.”

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Mo’s Seafood Agrees to $1M Settlement, Ending Dispute with Former Employees Over Pay Issues

- October 18, 2018

Mo’s Fisherman Exchange Inc., the company that owns and operates Mo’s Seafood restaurants recently agreed to pay $1 million to settle a dispute with 34 former workers that claimed in a lawsuit that the restaurant chain underpaid them. However, despite the settlement, the company “did not admit to liability under the terms of the settlement of the suit.”

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JPMorgan Chase Settles Racial Discrimination Suit for $24M

- October 14, 2018

Last week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a class action racial discrimination lawsuit with more than “200 current and former black financial advisers and their attorneys.” Additionally, the bank agreed to spend $4.5 million to “in-house development programs over the next three years to recruit advisers and help them be successful in those positions.”

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Des Moines Police Department Agrees to $25K Settlement after Metro Traffic Stop

- October 10, 2018

The Des Moines Police Department and Lonnie Porter recently agreed to settle a lawsuit over a traffic stop for $25,000. The incident itself occurred in 2016. According to a suit filed by Porter, he was driving when he “spotted a Des Moines police officer nearby and started recording live to Facebook.” In the recording, Porter can be heard saying that “he believed he would be pulled over despite having done nothing wrong.” In the recording, he added, “I ain’t going to try to avoid him because there’s no need to try and avoid him, because he is going to pull me over anyway.”

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