Verdicts & Settlements

$15 Million Awarded for a Flight Attendant in Harassment Suit

Associated Press February 15, 2008
Updated 8:15 AM ET

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - An American Airlines flight attendant has won a $15.6 million federal-court verdict against a co-worker she alleged harassed her.

A judge in Fort Worth found that 43-year-old Jamie Abrams was entitled to past and future lost wages, pain and suffering and punitive damages. He also ordered 43-year-old former American Airlines Fleet Service clerk Tim White to have no contact with Abrams or her family.

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$4 Million Verdict
Workers Win More Lawsuits, Awards
by Stephanie Armour,
USA Today 03/27/2001
Updated 08:19 AM ET

Employees who claim they've been harassed or discriminated against are winning many of their cases, and the financial awards they're receiving often far eclipse those of years past.

Consider what's been happening:
Multimillion-dollar verdicts occur even in cases involving one employee. Fort Worth-based Bell Helicopter Textron was hit with a $4 million verdict in December after an African-American employee who was fired from his high-tech painting job sued over alleged racial harassment.

"I was surprised by the amount, but I knew it would be high based on the evidence," says Raul Loya, a Dallas lawyer for the plaintiff. He says his client was subjected to a hangman's noose, ransacking of his locker and racial slurs. Bell declined to comment.