Summary: Ex-MBTA Employee Compensation
Ex-MBTA Employee Compensated $2.65m for Discrimination
An ex- employee of MBTA Green Line—who contended that she fell prey to racial discrimination at the time of being fired in 2013—was awarded over $2.6 million by a federal jury. However, lawyers for the transit agency argued that it was a verdict that “no reasonable jury” was able to reach.
Michelle Dimanche spent 13 years at the T when she was fired after enduring several years of “demeaning and insulting remarks,” as mentioned in her court papers, from her white supervisors—who gave less serious punishment to white employees of the company.
According to the lawsuit filed by Ms. Dimanche in the Boston-based US District Court in 2015, “Defendants subjected Ms. Dimanche to racial harassment
An ex- employee of MBTA Green Line—who contended that she fell prey to racial discrimination at the time of being fired in 2013—was awarded over $2.6 million by a federal jury. However, lawyers for the transit agency argued that it was a verdict that “no reasonable jury” was able to reach.
Michelle Dimanche spent 13 years at the T when she was fired after enduring several years of “demeaning and insulting remarks,” as mentioned in her court papers, from her white supervisors—who gave less serious punishment to white employees of the company.
According to the lawsuit filed by Ms. Dimanche in the Boston-based US District Court in 2015, “Defendants subjected Ms. Dimanche to racial harassment